Aadd9 — bouzouki chord
Add 9 · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Aadd9 (A add9) is built from A B C♯ E: intervals 1 9 3 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 7-7-9 (A E B)
- Root position: 7-7-11 (A E C♯)
- 1st inversion: 9-7-7 (B E A)
- 1st inversion: 9-12-11 (B A C♯)
- 2nd inversion: 11-12-9 (C♯ A B)
- 2nd inversion: 11-7-7 (C♯ E A)
- 3rd inversion: 2-2-7 (E B A)
- 3rd inversion: 2-4-7 (E C♯ A)
The open courses A are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists Aadd9 among its chords, so it is shown here as a shape reference.
Trichordo (D-A-D) and tetrachordo (C-F-A-D)
These shapes are for the three-course trichordo. A tetrachordo’s A and D courses are tuned the same, so the top two notes stay put and the low-D bass note moves two frets up the C course. The first shape, 7-7-9 on trichordo, becomes C 9, A 7, D 9 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.