Irish bouzouki Gadd9 chord (GDAE)G added ninth: 4 0 0 3, and 5 more shapes

Gadd9 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 4 0 0 3, open position
Gadd9 (G added ninth) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 4 0 0 3, low course to high (Gadd9/B). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 4 0 0 3 (open position) · Gadd9/B

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

Sounds: B D A G  ·  Gadd9 is G, B, D, A (1 · 3 · 5 · 9)

Open courses that ring: G, D and A are notes of Gadd9, 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 Gadd9 shapes

  1. 123ADBG2 0 2 3
    open · Gadd9/A
  2. 14GDBA0 0 2 5
    open
  3. 5fr213GADB0 7 5 7
    5fr
  4. 7fr1GDAB0 0 0 7
    7fr
  5. 9fr12GBAD0 9 0 10
    9fr

Other G chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

GGmG7Gm7G5Gsus2Gsus4Gmaj7Gadd9

Other added ninth chords

Dadd9Gadd9Aadd9Eadd9Badd9Cadd9Fadd9F♯add9

Gadd9 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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