Irish bouzouki Badd9 chord (GDAE)B added ninth: 6 4 6 7, and 2 more shapes

Badd9 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 6 4 6 7, from the 4th fret
Badd9 (B added ninth) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 6 4 6 7, low course to high (Badd9/C#). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 6 4 6 7 (from the 4th fret) · Badd9/C#

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

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

With a capo: on the 4th fret it’s 4 0 0 3 (frets counted from the capo), an open Gadd9 shape.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Badd9 shapes

  1. 6fr2314D♯BD♯C♯8 9 6 9
    6fr · no 5th, Badd9/D#
  2. 8fr1222D♯BF♯C♯8 9 9 9
    8fr · Badd9/D#

Other B chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

BBmB7Bm7B5Bsus2Bsus4Bmaj7Badd9

Other added ninth chords

Dadd9Gadd9Aadd9Eadd9Badd9Cadd9Fadd9F♯add9

Badd9 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADMandolin, GDAE

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