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Dadd9 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play D Add Nine (Charts)

Dadd9 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as dadd9 chord, dadd9 guitar chord and how to play Dadd9.

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.

Dadd9 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionDadd9 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D open, G fret 2, B fret 5, high e fret 2.××142x x 0 2 5 2
Easy 4-string version
x x 0 2 5 2
Dadd9 chord diagram, Alternate open shape (2nd fret)Dadd9 Alternate open shape (2nd fret): low E muted, A fret 5, D fret 4, G fret 2, B fret 3, high e open.×4312x 5 4 2 3 0
Alternate open shape (2nd fret)
x 5 4 2 3 0
Dadd9 chord diagram, Movable shape (4th fret)Dadd9 Movable shape (4th fret): low E muted, A fret 5, D fret 4, G fret 7, B fret 5, high e muted.4fr×2143×x 5 4 7 5 x
Movable shape (4th fret)
x 5 4 7 5 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 Dadd9 (D add nine) on guitar, play x x 0 2 5 2 from the low E string to the high e string (the easy 4-string version shape). The chord contains D, F#, A, E. If that is hard, use the easier shape x 5 4 2 3 0, which needs 4 fretted notes.

Dadd9 chord facts

Chord Dadd9 (D add nine)
Other names Dadd2, D(add9)
Notes D, F#, A, E
Intervals D (root), F# (major 3rd), A (perfect 5th), E (major 9th)
Formula 1-3-5-9
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Dadd9 on guitar?

The main shape is x x 0 2 5 2 (Easy 4-string version). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the G string at fret 2 (A, the perfect 5th).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the high e string at fret 2 (F#, the major 3rd).