Dadd9 chord on guitar
D add9
Dadd9 is an add9 chord with four notes: D, F#, A and E. Learn it first as an open shape: one open string and four fingers on the frets. 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 G string, fret 2
- Middle on the B string, fret 3
- Ring on the D string, fret 4
- Pinky on the A string, fret 5
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Skip the low E string and strum from the A string down.
- Shape
- Open shape
- Fingers
- Fourindex, middle, ring and pinky
- Strings played
- FiveA, D, G, B and high e
- Open strings
- Onethe high e string
- Lowest note
- D3the root, on the A string
- Frets
- x 5 4 2 3 0low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in Dadd9
- Droot
- F#major third
- Aperfect fifth
- Emajor ninth
An add9 chord is a major chord with the ninth added: the second note of the scale, an octave up. F# is the major third, four frets above the root. A is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root. E is the major ninth, two frets above the root, an octave up.
String by string
- high e string: E4major ninth
- B string: D4root
- G string: A3perfect fifth
- D string: F#3major third
- A string: D3root
- low E string: not played
Every note of Dadd9 is in this shape, some of them twice.
Another way to play it
- At fret 2x 5 4 2 5 xRoot on the A string.
Related chords
All 111 chords in the chartStrum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play Dadd9 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.