C# Dominant Seventh Flat Nine Added Guitar Chord Charts & Variations
Welcome to our tutorial on the C# 7(b9) chord! This chord is part of the Dominant Chords family, and it's composed of the notes C#, E#, G#, B, and D. The intervals that build this chord are 1, 3, 5, b7, and b9, which in complete terms are the Root, Major Third, Perfect Fifth, Minor Seventh, and Minor Ninth.
The C# 7(b9) chord is a more complex chord, often found in jazz music. If you're new to these types of chords, you might want to check out our intermediate guitar chord tutorial first.
Understanding the fretboard intervals is crucial to mastering this chord. If you need a refresher on this topic, we have a comprehensive tutorial about fretboard intervals that can help you. This will also aid you in understanding how to denote chords depending on the intervals that compose it, a topic we cover in our chords notation tutorial.
Learning how to play the C# 7(b9) chord involves understanding how to build chords by stacking intervals. Our guitar music theory tutorial is a great resource for this.
Once you have mastered the C# 7(b9) chord, you can use it in various chord progressions. Jazz musicians often use this chord, and you can learn more about this in our jazz chord progression tutorial.
Finally, if you're interested in exploring more chords in the Dominant family, our dominant guitar chords tutorial is a great resource. Happy learning!
C# 7(b9) chord Notes:
C#E#G#BD
How the Dominant Seventh Flat Nine Added chord is built:
C#7(b9) Guitar Chord Diagrams
Chord boxes are sorted from the easiest to the hardest. Learn how to read chord diagrams.
If you have difficulties with bar chord shapes, check the Bar Chords Tips tutorial.
You can also use this accessible chords page with written diagrams instruction.
Position 1
Movable
Position 2
BarreMovable
Position 3
BarreMovable
You can find more shapes in our all guitar chords online library. If you prefer a printable pdf, download
the Free Guitar Chords Chart Pdf
Play This Chord With Other Roots
C 7(b9) | D 7(b9) | E 7(b9) | F 7(b9) | G 7(b9) | A 7(b9) | B 7(b9) | C#7(b9) | D#7(b9) | F#7(b9) | G#7(b9) | A#7(b9) | Ab7(b9) | Bb7(b9) | Db7(b9) | Eb7(b9) | Gb7(b9)
How to build the C# 7(b9) chord on guitar
You can create any fingering you like on any part of the fretboard, just play some of the chord tones shown in the map below. Some shapes will sound good, some less, let your ears decide!