Irish bouzouki Aadd9 chord (GDAD)A added ninth: 6 7 7 9, and 2 more shapes

Aadd9 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAD tuning: 6 7 7 9, from the 6th fret
Aadd9 (A added ninth) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAD: 6 7 7 9, low course to high (Aadd9/C#). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 6 7 7 9 (from the 6th fret) · Aadd9/C#

  1. G course: 6th fret, index finger, C♯
  2. Low D course: 7th fret, middle finger, A
  3. A course: 7th fret, ring finger, E
  4. High D course: 9th fret, little finger, B

Sounds: C♯ A E B  ·  Aadd9 is A, C♯, E, B (1 · 3 · 5 · 9)

Open courses that ring: A is a note of Aadd9, so it can drone under it.

With a capo: on the 2nd fret it’s 4 0 0 5 (frets counted from the capo), an open Gadd9 shape.

Tuning GDAD: G D A D, low to high.

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The app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD, so it opens on these shapes.

More Aadd9 shapes

  1. 4fr1314BAC♯A4 7 4 7
    4fr · no 5th, Aadd9/B
  2. 9fr132EC♯AB9 11 0 9
    9fr · Aadd9/E

Other A chords, Irish bouzouki GDAD

AAmA7Am7A5Asus2Asus4Amaj7Aadd9

Other added ninth chords

Dadd9Gadd9Aadd9Eadd9Badd9Cadd9Fadd9F♯add9

Aadd9 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDAEIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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