Gadd9

G1B3D5A9

A major triad with a ninth added and no seventh — which is what tells it apart from a ninth chord.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

300003

open

Fig. 3

30000x

open

Fig. 4

300005

easy

Fig. 5

300203

open

Fig. 6

30020x

open

What is true of it

Gadd9 is G, B, D and A — 1, 3, 5 and 9 counted from G.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 300003: 2 fingers, held at the 3rd fret.

4 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are G, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Gadd9/B

x20005

second inversion

Gadd9/D

xx0203

third inversion

Gadd9/A

x0000x

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

G in other shapes

G9dominant ninth Gmaj9major ninth Gm9minor ninth Gmajor Gmminor Gdimdiminished

Cadd9 C♯add9 D♭add9 Dadd9 D♯add9 E♭add9 Eadd9 Fadd9 all 374