Badd9 chord on 6-String Guitar – FACGCE (Fmaj7)

in FACGCE (Fmaj7) tuning

Root

Type

Tuning

Badd9

Add 9

Notes:B · D# · F# · C#

medium

Piano Left hand Right hand

Fingerings (16)

Badd9 shapes as text

Frets	Fingers	Notes	Difficulty
x 2 1 4 3 x	– 2 1 4 3 –	x B C# B D# x	medium
x 2 3 6 3 2	– 1 2 4 3 1	x B D# C# D# F#	hard · barre on fret 2
6 4 3 4 3 x	4 2 1 3 1 –	B C# D# B D# x	medium · barre on fret 3
6 4 6 8 x x	2 1 3 4 – –	B C# F# D# x x	hard
6 6 6 6 6 x	1 1 1 1 1 –	B D# F# C# F# x	easy · barre on fret 6
8 9 x 8 x 7	2 4 – 3 – 1	C# F# x D# x B	hard
x x 11 8 11 9	– – 3 1 4 2	x x B D# B C#	medium
10 x x 11 11 9	2 – – 3 4 1	D# x x F# B C#	hard
x 2 3 4 1 x	– 2 3 4 1 –	x B D# B C# x	medium
x 2 3 6 6 2	– 1 2 3 4 1	x B D# C# F# F#	hard · barre on fret 2
6 4 3 6 3 x	3 2 1 4 1 –	B C# D# C# D# x	medium · barre on fret 3
6 4 x 8 6 x	2 1 – 4 3 –	B C# x D# F# x	hard
6 6 6 6 6 7	1 1 1 1 1 2	B D# F# C# F# B	easy · barre on fret 6
8 x x 8 x 7	2 – – 3 – 1	C# x x D# x B	easy
8 9 11 8 11 x	1 2 3 1 4 –	C# F# B D# B x	medium · barre on fret 8
10 x 11 11 x 9	2 – 3 4 – 1	D# x B F# x C#	hard

Max fret: 12

Fingerings shown: 16

The Badd9 chord (Add 9) is built from the notes B, D#, F#, C#. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – FACGCE (Fmaj7) 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 Badd9 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 3 · 5 · 9

Degree	Semitones	Note
1	0	B
3	4	D#
5	7	F#
9	14	C#

More B chords

B Bm B7 B°B+B9 Bmaj7 Bm7 B7♯5 B7♭5 B6 Bm6 Bm7♭5 B°7 Bsus2 Bsus4 Bmaj9 Bm9 B5

Other roots

Cadd9 C#add9 Dadd9 D#add9 Eadd9 Fadd9 F#add9 Gadd9 G#add9 Aadd9 A#add9

See Badd9 in another tuning

Standard E E-A-D-G-B-E Half Step Down (Eb) D#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#Drop D D-A-D-G-B-E Open D D-A-D-F#-A-D Open G D-G-D-G-B-D FACGCE (Fmaj7) F-A-C-G-C-E DADGAD (D Modal) D-A-D-G-A-D

What notes make up the Badd9 chord?

Badd9 is a Add 9 chord built from the notes B, D#, F#, C#.

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.