Gadd9 — bouzouki chord
Add 9 · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Gadd9 (G add9) is built from G A B D: intervals 1 9 3 5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 5-5-7 (G D A)
- Root position: 5-5-9 (G D B)
- 1st inversion: 7-5-5 (A D G)
- 1st inversion: 7-10-9 (A G B)
- 2nd inversion: 9-10-7 (B G A)
- 2nd inversion: 9-10-12 (B G D)
- 3rd inversion: 12-10-9 (D G B)
- 3rd inversion: 12-12-9 (D A B)
The open courses D, A are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists Gadd9 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, 5-5-7 on trichordo, becomes C 7, A 5, D 7 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.