Aadd9

A1C♯3E5B9

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

x02420

easy

Fig. 3

502420

moderate

Fig. 4

542200

moderate

Fig. 5

542400

moderate

Fig. 6

547400

moderate

What is true of it

Aadd9 is A, C♯, E and B — 1, 3, 5 and 9 counted from A.

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

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x02420: 3 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Aadd9/C♯

x42200

second inversion

Aadd9/E

002420

third inversion

Aadd9/B

x22220

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.

A in other shapes

A9dominant ninth Amaj9major ninth Am9minor ninth Amajor Amminor Adimdiminished

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