What notes are in the C# m69 chord?

The C# m69 chord contains the notes C# · E · G# · A# · D#: the root C# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally C#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the C# m69 chord?

Measured from C#, the C# m69 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the C# m69 chord?

On guitar the most common C# m69 shape is x42344, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play C#3 · E3 · G#3 · A#3 · D#4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

C# M69 Chord (C#m69): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	C#3 · E3 · G#3 · A#3 · D#4
Open (drop 2)	A#2 · C#3 · E3 · G#3 · D#4
Shell	C#3 · E3 · A#3
Rootless	E3 · A#3 · D#4

Tap a key or a fret to hear it.

Anatomy

C# m69 (C#m69) contains the notes C# · E · G# · A# · D#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords · extensions

Inversions

An inversion of C# m69 puts a chord tone other than C# in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales C# m69 belongs to.

In which keys

C# m69 is diatonic to 2 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

B majorii69Subdominant
G# minoriv69Subdominant

Extensions beyond the seventh count when every note sits in the key.

Scales that contain it

C# m69 fits inside these scales, each built on C#.

C# Major BluesC# · D# · E · E# · G# · A#
C# Melodic MinorC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A# · B#
C# DorianC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A# · B
C# Bebop MinorC# · D# · E · E# · F# · G# · A# · B
C# Minor Six DiminishedC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A · A# · B#
C# Composite BluesC# · D# · E · E# · F# · G · G# · A# · B

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with C# m69: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

C#m6C# · E · G# · A#
C#madd9C# · E · G# · D#
C#mC# · E · G#
C#sus2C# · D# · G#
C#5C# · G#

Richer

C#m13C# · E · G# · B · D# · A#

m69 on every root

Cm69 Dbm69 Dm69 D#m69 Ebm69 Em69 Fm69 F#m69 Gm69 G#m69 Abm69 Am69 Bbm69 Bm69

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Understanding the C# m69 chord

Names and symbols

C#m69 is the chord symbol for C# m69; it is also written C#-69.

6add9, 6/9 and 69 all mean the sixth chord with an added ninth; the slash in 6/9 is not a bass note.

C# m69 and Db m69 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Db m69

Common questions

What notes are in the C# m69 chord?: The C# m69 chord contains the notes C# · E · G# · A# · D#: the root C# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally C#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the C# m69 chord?: Measured from C#, the C# m69 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 6M, 9M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the C# m69 chord?: On guitar the most common C# m69 shape is x42344, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play C#3 · E3 · G#3 · A#3 · D#4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.