C# 9 Chord on Tenor Guitar
Play C# 9 on Tenor Guitar: 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#, F, G#, B. This page shows how to play C# 9 on Tenor Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The lowest shape sits at fret 2 and spans 5 frets, with no open strings in it. C# falls on the G string. It sounds from D#3 up to B4.
It has a flat wooden top, so the same grip sustains far longer than it does on a tenor banjo.
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.