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C major ninth · Open position
Cmaj9 banjo chord
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How to play Cmaj9 on banjo
The most common way, the first shape above: your middle finger on the low D string at the 2nd fret, your little finger on the G string at the 4th fret and your index finger on the B string at the 1st fret. Let the short G and high D strings ring open.
From the short G string 0 2 4 1 0 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Cmaj9?
Cmaj9, C major ninth, is C, E, G, B and D: the root (C), the major third (E), the perfect fifth (G), the major seventh (B) and the ninth (D). Its formula is 1 3 5 7 9.
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