Eadd9 — bouzouki chord
Add 9 · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Eadd9 (E add9) is built from E F♯ G♯ B: intervals 1 9 3 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 2-2-4 (E B F♯)
- Root position: 2-2-6 (E B G♯)
- 1st inversion: 4-2-2 (F♯ B E)
- 1st inversion: 4-7-6 (F♯ E G♯)
- 2nd inversion: 6-7-4 (G♯ E F♯)
- 2nd inversion: 6-7-9 (G♯ E B)
- 3rd inversion: 9-7-6 (B E G♯)
- 3rd inversion: 9-9-6 (B F♯ G♯)
Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists Eadd9 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, 2-2-4 on trichordo, becomes C 4, A 2, D 4 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.