Cadd9 — bouzouki chord
Add 9 · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Cadd9 (C add9) is built from C D E G: intervals 1 9 3 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 10-10-12 (C G D)
- Root position: 10-5-5 (C D G)
- 1st inversion: 12-10-10 (D G C)
- 1st inversion: 0-3-2 (D C E)
- 2nd inversion: 2-3-0 (E C D)
- 2nd inversion: 2-3-5 (E C G)
- 3rd inversion: 5-3-2 (G C E)
- 3rd inversion: 5-5-2 (G D E)
The open courses D are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists Cadd9 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, 10-10-12 on trichordo, becomes C 12, A 10, D 12 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.