Gadd9 chord on guitar
G add9
Gadd9 is an add9 chord with four notes: G, B, D and A. Learn it first as an open shape: two open strings and four fingers on the frets. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and two more ways 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 A string, fret 2
- Ring on the low E string, fret 3
- Pinky on the high e string, fret 3
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Nothing to skip: strum all six strings.
- Shape
- Open shape
- Fingers
- Fourindex, middle, ring and pinky
- Strings played
- All six
- Open strings
- Twothe D and B strings
- Lowest note
- G2the root, on the low E string
- Frets
- 3 2 0 2 0 3low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in Gadd9
- Groot
- Bmajor third
- Dperfect fifth
- Amajor ninth
An add9 chord is a major chord with the ninth added: the second note of the scale, an octave up. B is the major third, four frets above the root. D is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root. A is the major ninth, two frets above the root, an octave up.
String by string
- high e string: G4root
- B string: B3major third
- G string: A3major ninth
- D string: D3perfect fifth
- A string: B2major third
- low E string: G2root
Every note of Gadd9 is in this shape, some of them twice.
Other ways to play it
- At fret 3x x 5 4 3 5Root on the D string.
- At fret 7x 10 9 7 10 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 Gadd9 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.