You can build the chord in 3 different major keys: The notes in a Cadd9 chord are C-E-G-D: C = the 1st, E = the 3rd, G = the 5th, D = the 9th (1-3-5-9)
And the most common Cadd9 chord shape is easy to play! All add9 chords have a great sound, especially when played with open strings. Once you play a Cadd9 chord on the guitar, you will hear just how sweet the chord sounds. I consider a 6sus chord (1-4-5-6) as an inversion of an add9 chord, but I have seen it in popular songs. The notes in an add9 chord are equal to a suspended chord with the 6th added which I call a 6sus chord. But use your ear and follow it with any chord which sounds good to you. For example, a Cadd9 chord resolves best to a G major chord (V) but also to C major (I). The add9 chord resolves best to its 5th and secondly to the major triad version of itself. Check out the Wikipedia page on ninth chords if you want an overload of information on the subject. All those chords have additional notes or different intervals. There are many other types of 9th chords like major 9, dominant 9, 6 add9, minor add9, minor 9, suspended add9, and others. If you are new to music intervals, then do a quick read of my Music Intervals article. The intervals in an add9 chord are the 1st (also called the root note), the 3rd, the 5th, and the 9th. And you are adding the 9th note to the major triad so it gets called an “add9” chord. Don’t make it harder than it is, it’s very simple: 2 + 7 = 9. It has the “9” in the name because it’s the 9th note\letter after the root (or 1st) of the chord. And to add the major 2nd, you have to pass the 6th, 7th, and 8th (octave) scale degrees to finally arrive at the major 2nd one octave higher. An add9 chord is a major triad with the major 2nd (9th) of the major scale added.
I also give examples of popular songs that use a Cadd9 chord.Įverything you need to know about the Cadd9 chord The Cadd9 chord is built in 3 common major keys.įinally, I have 8 open guitar voicings for a Cadd9 chord and 4 closed voicings for an add9 chord. I cover the notes and intervals in the chord and the basic structure of an add9 chord in general. Make sure to practice along with the video.The Cadd9 guitar chord sounds great, is easy to hold and is a great chord for the songwriter’s toolbox. The hardest part is playing it without breaking rhythm. Practice this chord progression until you can play it easily. The whole chord progression will be D Cadd9 G D, then start over again with the D chord. Let’s learn a strum pattern for this chord progression. This will help smooth out the chord progression and cut down on mistakes. During this whole chord progression, the 3rd finger never has to move. When going back to D, again the 3rd finger is the pivot finger. Use this pivot finger when changing chords. Between Cadd9 and G, the 3rd finger may remain still again. Leave the third finger in the same position when changing between these two chords.
Notice when changing from D to Cadd9, the 3rd finger can remain where it is.
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Let’s look at how to change chords easily. Here are the chord charts for this lesson
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