Irish bouzouki Cadd9 chord (ADAD)C added ninth: 3 2 5 5, and 3 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: 3 2 5 5 (from the 2nd fret)
- Low A course: 3rd fret, middle finger, C
- Low D course: 2nd fret, index finger, E
- High A course: 5th fret, little finger (barre), D
- High D course: 5th fret, little finger (barre), G
Sounds: C E D G · Cadd9 is C, E, G, D (1 · 3 · 5 · 9)
Open courses that ring: D is a note of Cadd9, so it can drone under it.
With a capo: on the 5th fret it’s 0 0 2 5 (frets counted from the capo), an open Gadd9 shape.
Tuning ADAD: A D A D, low to high.
The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose ADAD once in its Settings and it remembers.
More Cadd9 shapes
- 3 0 3 2
open · no 5th - 3 2 3 0
open · no 5th - 10 0 7 10
7fr · Cadd9/G
Other C chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD
Other added ninth chords
Cadd9 in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki ADAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app