Irish bouzouki Badd9 chord (GDAD)B added ninth: 8 9 9 11, and 1 more shape

Badd9 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAD tuning: 8 9 9 11, from the 8th fret
Badd9 (B added ninth) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAD: 8 9 9 11, low course to high (Badd9/D#). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 8 9 9 11 (from the 8th fret) · Badd9/D#

  1. G course: 8th fret, index finger, D♯
  2. Low D course: 9th fret, middle finger, B
  3. A course: 9th fret, ring finger, F♯
  4. High D course: 11th fret, little finger, C♯

Sounds: D♯ B F♯ C♯  ·  Badd9 is B, D♯, F♯, C♯ (1 · 3 · 5 · 9)

With a capo: on the 4th 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.

Hear it in the app ›

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

More Badd9 shapes

  1. 6fr1314C♯BD♯B6 9 6 9
    6fr · no 5th, Badd9/C#

Other B chords, Irish bouzouki GDAD

BBmB7Bm7B5Bsus2Bsus4Bmaj7Badd9

Other added ninth chords

Dadd9Gadd9Aadd9Eadd9Badd9Cadd9Fadd9F♯add9

Badd9 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDAEMandolin, GDAE

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