Badd9 chord on guitar
B add9
Badd9 is an add9 chord with four notes: B, D#, F# and C#. Learn it first at fret 7, with four fingers.
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 7
- Middle on the G string, fret 8
- Ring on the D string, fret 9
- Pinky on the high e string, fret 9
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 7
- Fingers
- Fourindex, middle, ring and pinky
- Strings played
- FourD, G, B and high e
- Open strings
- Noneevery played string is fretted
- Lowest note
- B3the root, on the D string
- Frets
- x x 9 8 7 9low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in Badd9
- Broot
- D#major third
- F#perfect fifth
- C#major ninth
An add9 chord is a major chord with the ninth added: the second note of the scale, an octave up. D# is the major third, four frets above the root. F# is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root. C# is the major ninth, two frets above the root, an octave up.
String by string
- high e string: C#5major ninth
- B string: F#4perfect fifth
- G string: D#4major third
- D string: B3root
- A string: not played
- low E string: not played
Every note of Badd9 is in this shape.
Related chords
All 111 chords in the chartStrum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play Badd9 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.