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Badd9 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play B Add Nine (Charts)

Badd9 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as badd9 chord, badd9 guitar chord and how to play Badd9.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Badd9 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionBadd9 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 9, G fret 8, B fret 7, high e fret 9.7fr××3214x x 9 8 7 9
Easy 4-string version
x x 9 8 7 9
Badd9 chord diagram, Movable shape (1st fret)Badd9 Movable shape (1st fret): low E muted, A fret 2, D fret 1, G fret 4, B fret 2, high e muted.×2143×x 2 1 4 2 x
Movable shape (1st fret)
x 2 1 4 2 x
Badd9 chord diagram, Movable shape (6th fret)Badd9 Movable shape (6th fret): low E fret 7, A fret 6, D fret 9, G fret 6, B muted, high e muted.6fr3142××7 6 9 6 x x
Movable shape (6th fret)
7 6 9 6 x x

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Badd9 (B add nine) on guitar, play x x 9 8 7 9 from the low E string to the high e string (the easy 4-string version shape). The chord contains B, D#, F#, C#. If that is hard, use the easier shape x 2 1 4 2 x, which needs 4 fretted notes.

Badd9 chord facts

Chord Badd9 (B add nine)
Other names Badd2, B(add9)
Notes B, D#, F#, C#
Intervals B (root), D# (major 3rd), F# (perfect 5th), C# (major 9th)
Formula 1-3-5-9
Difficulty Intermediate (barre or stretch)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Badd9 on guitar?

The main shape is x x 9 8 7 9 (Easy 4-string version). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the B string at fret 7 (F#, the perfect 5th).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the G string at fret 8 (D#, the major 3rd).