How to play Dadd9: an added 9th built on D, with 1 voicing, the notes, and the intervals.
The first diagram is a common voicing: an open-position shape using 2 open strings, played near the nut. An X above a string means don't play it; an O means play it open.
The same chord in other positions on the neck: movable shapes transposed to D. Open any of them in the Diagram Maker below to adjust the fingering.
| Note | D | A | E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interval | R | 5 | 9 |
Dadd9 is an added 9th with D as its root. The full theoretical spelling is D, F#, A, E. This voicing does without the 3rd, which changes the character more noticeably.
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