Dominant family
C dominant seventh sharp nine chord
C7♯9C dominant seventh sharp nine
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- ♭7
- ♯9
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 2
No barre: each note has its own finger.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- C1
- ♭2
- 2
- D♯♯9
- E3
- 4
- ♭5
- G5
- ♯5
- 6
- B♭♭7
- 7
- C Root
- E Major 3rd
- G Perfect 5th
- B♭ Minor 7th
- D♯ Augmented 9th
About this chord
What is a C dominant seventh sharp nine chord?
C7♯9 is built from 5 notes: C (the root), E (the 3), G (the 5), B♭ (the ♭7), D♯ (the ♯9). Major and minor third at once: the gritty rock and funk chord.
- Notes
- C · E · G · B♭ · D♯
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♯9
- Also written
- C7(♯9)
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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