C7♯9 banjo chord

How to play C7♯9 on banjo

The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the two strings from the B to the high D at the 1st fret, your middle finger on the low D string at the 2nd fret and your ring finger on the G string at the 3rd fret. Let the short G string ring open.

From the short G string 0 2 3 1 1 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in C7♯9?

C7♯9, C dominant seventh sharp 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 sharp ninth (D♯). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♯9.