Irish bouzouki Cadd9 chord (GDAE)C added ninth: 0 0 3 0, and 5 more shapes

Cadd9 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 0 0 3 0, open position
Cadd9 (C added ninth) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 0 0 3 0, low course to high (Cadd9/G). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 0 0 3 0 (open position) · Cadd9/G

  1. G course: open, G
  2. D course: open, D
  3. A course: 3rd fret, index finger, C
  4. E course: open, E

Sounds: G D C E  ·  Cadd9 is C, E, G, D (1 · 3 · 5 · 9)

Open courses that ring: G, D and E are notes of Cadd9, so they can drone under it.

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 Cadd9 shapes

  1. 1DCEx 0 3 0
    open · no 5th, Cadd9/D
  2. 31CDCE5 0 3 0
    open · no 5th
  3. 111CGDE5 5 5 0
    open
  4. 7fr12GDEC0 0 7 8
    7fr · Cadd9/G
  5. 9fr1222ECGD9 10 10 10
    9fr · Cadd9/E

Other C chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

CCmC7Cm7C5Csus2Csus4Cmaj7Cadd9

Other added ninth chords

Dadd9Gadd9Aadd9Eadd9Badd9Cadd9Fadd9F♯add9

Cadd9 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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