C♯7♭9 banjo chord

How to play C♯7♭9 on banjo

The most common way, the first shape above: your middle finger on the low D string at the 3rd fret, your ring finger on the G string at the 4th fret and your index finger on the B string at the 2nd fret. Let the high D string ring open. Don’t play the short G string.

From the short G string x 3 4 2 0 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in C♯7♭9?

C♯7♭9, C♯ dominant seventh flat nine, is C♯, E♯, G♯, B and D: the root (C♯), the major third (E♯), the perfect fifth (G♯), the minor seventh (B) and the flat ninth (D). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♭9.