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Fig. 1 · G#add9 on the keyboard

piano chord

G♯add9

G♯1B♯3D♯5A♯9

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

Written the other way round it is A♭add9 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

G♯add9 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.

G♯ in other shapes

G♯9dominant ninthG♯maj9major ninthG♯m9minor ninthG♯majorG♯mminorG♯dimdiminished

Cadd9C♯add9D♭add9Dadd9D♯add9E♭add9Eadd9Fadd9all 374