Irish bouzouki Cadd9 chord (ADAD)C added ninth: 3 2 5 5, and 3 more shapes

Cadd9 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in ADAD tuning: 3 2 5 5, from the 2nd fret
Cadd9 (C added ninth) on the Irish bouzouki, ADAD: 3 2 5 5, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 3 2 5 5 (from the 2nd fret)

  1. Low A course: 3rd fret, middle finger, C
  2. Low D course: 2nd fret, index finger, E
  3. High A course: 5th fret, little finger (barre), D
  4. 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.

Hear it in the app ›

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

  1. 231CDCE3 0 3 2
    open · no 5th
  2. 213CECD3 2 3 0
    open · no 5th
  3. 7fr314GDEC10 0 7 10
    7fr · Cadd9/G

Other C chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD

CCmC7Cm7C5Csus2Csus4Cmaj7Cadd9

Other added ninth chords

Dadd9Gadd9Aadd9Eadd9Cadd9Fadd9F♯add9

Cadd9 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki ADAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app