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Fig. 1 · C#9 on the keyboard

piano chord

C♯9

C♯1E♯3G♯5B♭7D♯9

A dominant seventh carrying a ninth on top.

Written the other way round it is D♭9 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

C♯9 is C♯, E♯, G♯, B and D♯ — 1, 3, 5, b7 and 9 counted from C♯.

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

C♯ in other shapes

C♯add9added ninthC♯maj9major ninthC♯m9minor ninthC♯majorC♯mminorC♯dimdiminished

C9D9D♯9E♭9E9F9F♯9G♭9all 374