Cadd9 Guitar Chord

A fresh major chord sound enriched with a ninth, but without the seventh. Popular in pop and indie rock. Unlike the full ninth chord (9), it contains no seventh tension.

Guitar

Strings X–3–2–0–3–3

How to play the Cadd9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–3–2–0–3–3 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Do not play

5th string (A) Fret 3 · middle finger

4th string (D) Fret 2 · index finger

3rd string (G) Play open

2nd string (B) Fret 3 · ring finger

1st string (high E) Fret 3 · little finger