Irish bouzouki Dadd9 chord (GDAE)D added ninth: 2 2 5 2, and 5 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: 2 2 5 2 (from the 2nd fret) · Dadd9/A
- G course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), A
- D course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
- A course: 5th fret, little finger, D
- E course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), F♯
Sounds: A E D F♯ · Dadd9 is D, F♯, A, E (1 · 3 · 5 · 9)
Open courses that ring: D, A and E are notes of Dadd9, so they can drone under it.
With a capo: on the 2nd fret it’s 0 0 3 0 (frets counted from the capo), an open Cadd9 shape.
Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.
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 Dadd9 shapes
- 2 4 5 0
open · Dadd9/A - 7 4 0 0
4fr - 7 7 9 0
7fr - 9 0 9 0
9fr · no 5th, Dadd9/E - 11 0 0 0
11fr · Dadd9/F#
Other D chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE
Other added ninth chords
Dadd9 in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app