Cmaj9

C1E3G5B7D9

A major seventh with a ninth on top.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x30000

open

Fig. 3

x30400

easy · no 5

Fig. 4

x30500

easy · no 5

Fig. 5

x30430

easy · no 5

Fig. 6

x30450

easy · no 5

What is true of it

Cmaj9 is C, E, G, B and D — 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 counted from C.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 5, the 5 and 1 go first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x30000: one finger, held at the 3rd fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are C, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Cmaj9/E

030000

second inversion

Cmaj9/G

330000

third inversion

Cmaj9/B

x20000

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

C in other shapes

Cadd9added ninth C9dominant ninth Cm9minor ninth Cmajor Cmminor Cdimdiminished

C♯maj9 D♭maj9 Dmaj9 D♯maj9 E♭maj9 Emaj9 Fmaj9 F♯maj9 all 374