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Gadd9 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play G Add Nine (Charts)

Gadd9 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as gadd9 chord, gadd9 guitar chord and how to play Gadd9.

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.

Gadd9 chord diagram, Open positionGadd9 Open position: low E fret 3, A open, D open, G fret 2, B open, high e fret 3.2133 0 0 2 0 3
Open position
3 0 0 2 0 3
Gadd9 chord diagram, Open positionGadd9 Open position: low E fret 3, A open, D open, G open, B open, high e fret 3.123 0 0 0 0 3
Open position
3 0 0 0 0 3
Gadd9 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionGadd9 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 5, G fret 2, B open, high e fret 3.××412x x 5 2 0 3
Easy 4-string version
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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 Gadd9 (G add nine) on guitar, play 3 0 0 2 0 3 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains G, B, D, A. If that is hard, use the easier shape 3 0 0 0 0 3, which needs 2 fretted notes.

Gadd9 chord facts

Chord Gadd9 (G add nine)
Other names Gadd2, G(add9)
Notes G, B, D, A
Intervals G (root), B (major 3rd), D (perfect 5th), A (major 9th)
Formula 1-3-5-9
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Gadd9 on guitar?

The main shape is 3 0 0 2 0 3 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the G string at fret 2 (A, the major 9th).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the low E string at fret 3 (G, the root).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the high e string at fret 3 (G, the root).
  5. Let the A (A) and D (D) and B (B) strings ring open.