Eadd9

E1G♯3B5F♯9

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

024100

easy

Fig. 3

022102

moderate

Fig. 4

024404

moderate

Fig. 5

024102

moderate

Fig. 6

024104

moderate

What is true of it

Eadd9 is E, G♯, B and F♯ — 1, 3, 5 and 9 counted from E.

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

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 024100: 3 fingers, held at the 1st 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.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Eadd9/G♯

424400

second inversion

Eadd9/B

x24100

third inversion

Eadd9/F♯

222100

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.

E in other shapes

E9dominant ninth Emaj9major ninth Em9minor ninth Emajor Emminor Edimdiminished

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