C#add9 Chord — Notes & How to Play

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Notes: C# F G# D#

Mood: Bright, colourful

The C#add9 chord (C# add 9) is a bright major chord with an added 9th for colour. It contains the notes C# F G# D#.

It's built from the root C# using these intervals (semitones from the root): 0, 4, 7, 14.

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