C Add9

Cadd9

chord

At a Glance

Piano

Fretboard

What It Is

A major triad plus a major ninth (a major second, one octave up), with no seventh. Notes: C, E, G, D.

Adds color without the harmonic weight of a full seventh chord.

Not found in any of the seeded progressions or cadences.

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