How do you play the C 5(add9) chord?

To play the C 5(add9) chord on piano, press the following keys simultaneously: C (Perfect unison), G (Perfect fifth) and D (Major ninth). Find these notes on the piano keyboard and press them all at the same time to sound the C 5(add9) chord.

What notes are in the C 5(add9) chord?

The C 5(add9) chord consists of 3 notes: C, G and D. These notes together form the C 5(add9) chord.

What intervals make up the C 5(add9) chord?

The C 5(add9) chord contains the following intervals from its root note (C): C (Perfect unison), G (Perfect fifth) and D (Major ninth).

C 5(add9)

The C 5(add9) chord consists of the C (Perfect unison), G (Perfect fifth) and D (Major ninth) notes.

How to play the C 5(add9) chord

Find C (Root) on the piano keyboard
Add G (Perfect fifth) — 7 semitones above C
Add D (Major ninth) — 14 semitones above C
Press all 3 notes simultaneously to sound the C 5(add9) chord

Inversions with same root

C sus2

Related chords with different root

D 11(sus4)
G sus4

Related slash chords

G 5/C