Fadd9 chord on 6-String Guitar – Drop A

in Drop A (A-E-A-D-F#-B) tuning

✕○1423FAFGC
Fadd9
Add 9
Notes:F · A · C · G
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
FFFACG
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x 1 0 3 1 1– 1 – 4 2 3x F A F G Cmedium
3 3 3 3 3 x1 1 1 1 1 –C G C F A xeasy · barre on fret 3
8 5 8 5 6 x3 1 4 1 2 –F A F G C xmedium · barre on fret 5
x x 8 7 6 8– – 3 2 1 4x x F A C Gmedium
8 8 0 7 x 82 3 – 1 – 4F C A A x Ghard
8 8 12 10 11 81 1 4 2 3 1F C A C F Ghard · barre on fret 8
x x 10 10 11 10– – 1 1 2 1x x G C F Aeasy · barre on fret 10
x 1 0 x 1 1– 1 – – 2 3x F A x G Ceasy
x 3 3 3 3 x– 1 1 1 1 –x G C F A xeasy · barre on fret 3
8 5 8 5 x x2 1 3 1 – –F A F G x xmedium · barre on fret 5
8 x 0 7 6 83 – – 2 1 4F x A A C Ghard
8 8 10 7 x x2 3 4 1 – –F C G A x xmedium
8 8 0 10 x 81 2 – 4 – 3F C A C x Ghard
0 x 10 10 11 10– – 1 1 2 1A x G C F Aeasy · barre on fret 10
x 1 0 3 1 x– 1 – 3 2 –x F A F G xmedium
3 3 3 3 3 61 1 1 1 1 2C G C F A Fmedium · barre on fret 3

The Fadd9 chord (Add 9) is built from the notes F, A, C, G. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – Drop A 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 Fadd9 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 3 · 5 · 9

DegreeSemitonesNote
10F
34A
57C
914G

More F chords

Other roots

See Fadd9 in another tuning

What notes make up the Fadd9 chord?

Fadd9 is a Add 9 chord built from the notes F, A, C, G.

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.