Abadd9 chord on guitar
Ab add9
Abadd9 is an add9 chord with four notes: Ab, C, Eb and Bb. Learn it first at fret 4, with four fingers. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and one more way to play it.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.
How to play it
- Index on the B string, fret 4
- Middle on the G string, fret 5
- Ring on the D string, fret 6
- Pinky on the high e string, fret 6
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Skip the low E and A strings and strum from the D string down.
- Shape
- At fret 4
- Fingers
- Fourindex, middle, ring and pinky
- Strings played
- FourD, G, B and high e
- Open strings
- Noneevery played string is fretted
- Lowest note
- Ab3the root, on the D string
- Frets
- x x 6 5 4 6low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in Abadd9
- Abroot
- Cmajor third
- Ebperfect fifth
- Bbmajor ninth
An add9 chord is a major chord with the ninth added: the second note of the scale, an octave up. C is the major third, four frets above the root. Eb is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root. Bb is the major ninth, two frets above the root, an octave up.
String by string
- high e string: Bb4major ninth
- B string: Eb4perfect fifth
- G string: C4major third
- D string: Ab3root
- A string: not played
- low E string: not played
Every note of Abadd9 is in this shape.
Another way to play it
- At fret 8x 11 10 8 11 xRoot on the A string.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play Abadd9 and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.