C 9 Chord on Banjolele
Play C 9 on Banjolele: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The C 9 chord is an extended or altered dominant that stacks ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, or chromatic tensions over a dominant-seventh core. It is built from the notes C, D, E, G, Bb. This page shows how to play C 9 on Banjolele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The C and E strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 3 over a 3-fret stretch. The root is the C string itself. It sounds from C4 up to D5.
It has a banjo head on a ukulele neck, which is why it cuts through where a wooden ukulele does not.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on C or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.