Chord

C# Major 9

  • C#maj9
  • C#M9
  • C#Δ9
  • C#major9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
C#M3E#m3G#M3B#m3D#
Extends
C# Major 7

C# Major 9, written C#maj9, is built from C#, E#, G#, B# and D#: the root, major 3rd, 5th, major 7th and 9th.

Its 3rd and 7th, E# and B#, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Major

    C# Ionian

    The major scale and its modes are the most commonly used scales in western music.

  2. Mode of Major

    C# Lydian

Voicings All 8