Mandolin Badd9 chordB added ninth: 4 1 4 2, and 3 more shapes

Badd9 chord chart for mandolin in GDAE tuning: 4 1 4 2, open position
Badd9 (B added ninth) on the mandolin, GDAE: 4 1 4 2, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 4 1 4 2 (open position)

  1. G course: 4th fret, ring finger, B
  2. D course: 1st fret, index finger, D♯
  3. A course: 4th fret, little finger, C♯
  4. E course: 2nd fret, middle finger, F♯

Sounds: B D♯ C♯ F♯  ·  Badd9 is B, D♯, F♯, C♯ (1 · 3 · 5 · 9)

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high.

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The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose Mandolin once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Badd9 shapes

  1. 4fr2134C♯F♯D♯B6 4 6 7
    4fr · Badd9/C#
  2. 6fr2314D♯BD♯C♯8 9 6 9
    6fr · no 5th, Badd9/D#
  3. 8fr1222D♯BF♯C♯8 9 9 9
    8fr · Badd9/D#

Other B chords, Mandolin GDAE

BBmB7Bm7B5Bsus2Bsus4Bmaj7Badd9

Other added ninth chords

Dadd9Gadd9Aadd9Eadd9Badd9Cadd9Fadd9F♯add9

Badd9 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAE

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