Aadd9 chord on 4-String Banjo – Chicago (DGBE)

in Chicago (DGBE) tuning

○2132EC#BA
Aadd9
Add 9
Notes:A · C# · E · B
hardfret 2
Piano Left hand Right hand
AAAEBC#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
2 6 0 51 3 – 2E C# B Ahard
2 4 2 51 2 1 3E B C# Amedium · barre on fret 2
7 6 5 73 2 1 4A C# E Bmedium
7 6 0 72 1 – 3A C# B Beasy
7 9 0 91 2 – 3A E B C#medium
9 9 10 91 1 2 1B E A C#easy · barre on fret 9
x 4 2 5– 2 1 3x B C# Amedium
7 6 0 53 2 – 1A C# B Amedium
7 6 0 02 1 – –A C# B Eeasy
7 x 0 91 – – 2A x B C#hard
9 x 10 91 – 3 2B x A C#easy
x 6 0 5– 2 – 1x C# B Aeasy
7 6 0 x2 1 – –A C# B xeasy
11 9 10 74 2 3 1C# E A Bhard
9 6 5 54 3 1 2B C# E Ahard
7 6 x 72 1 – 3A C# x Beasy

The Aadd9 chord (Add 9) is built from the notes A, C#, E, B. Below are playable fingerings for 4-String Banjo – Chicago (DGBE) generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the Aadd9 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 3 · 5 · 9

DegreeSemitonesNote
10A
34C#
57E
914B

More A chords

Other roots

See Aadd9 in another tuning

What notes make up the Aadd9 chord?

Aadd9 is a Add 9 chord built from the notes A, C#, E, B.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.