Irish bouzouki Fadd9 chord (GDAE)F added ninth: 2 3 3 3, and 5 more shapes

Fadd9 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 2 3 3 3, open position
Fadd9 (F added ninth) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 2 3 3 3, low course to high (Fadd9/A). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 3 3 3 (open position) · Fadd9/A

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

Sounds: A F C G  ·  Fadd9 is F, A, C, G (1 · 3 · 5 · 9)

Open courses that ring: G and A are notes of Fadd9, 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 Fadd9 shapes

  1. 12GFAG0 3 0 3
    open · no 5th, Fadd9/G
  2. 31GFAF0 3 0 1
    open · no 5th, Fadd9/G
  3. 312CFAG5 3 0 3
    open · Fadd9/C
  4. 5fr1141CGFA5 5 8 5
    5fr · Fadd9/C
  5. 7fr122GAFC0 7 8 8
    7fr · Fadd9/G

Other F chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

FFmF7Fm7F5Fsus2Fsus4Fmaj7Fadd9

Other added ninth chords

Dadd9Gadd9Aadd9Eadd9Badd9Cadd9Fadd9F♯add9

Fadd9 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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