Irish bouzouki Eadd9 chord (GDAE)E added ninth: 1 2 2 2, and 3 more shapes

Eadd9 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 1 2 2 2, open position
Eadd9 (E added ninth) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 1 2 2 2, low course to high (Eadd9/G#). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 1 2 2 2 (open position) · Eadd9/G#

  1. G course: 1st fret, index finger, G♯
  2. D course: 2nd fret, middle finger (barre), E
  3. A course: 2nd fret, middle finger (barre), B
  4. E course: 2nd fret, middle finger (barre), F♯

Sounds: G♯ E B F♯  ·  Eadd9 is E, G♯, B, F♯ (1 · 3 · 5 · 9)

Open courses that ring: E is a note of Eadd9, so it 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 Eadd9 shapes

  1. 4fr1141BF♯EG♯4 4 7 4
    4fr · Eadd9/B
  2. 6fr3142EG♯F♯B9 6 9 7
    6fr
  3. 9fr213F♯BG♯E11 9 11 0
    9fr · Eadd9/F#

Other E chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

EEmE7Em7E5Esus2Esus4Emaj7Eadd9

Other added ninth chords

Dadd9Gadd9Aadd9Eadd9Badd9Cadd9Fadd9F♯add9

Eadd9 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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