Gadd4 Piano Chord

A major chord with an added fourth — unlike sus4, it still includes the third. Creates gentle tension between the third and fourth. Rarer than sus4, occasionally found in country and folk.

Piano

Recommended voicing

G4 · B4 · C5 · D5

How to play the Gadd4 chord on piano

Play the recommended root-position voicing with the right hand: G4, B4, C5 and D5. Suggested fingering is 1–2–3–5 (1 is the thumb).

Notation for Gadd4 chord

Other names: G added 4th, G add4

Music theory name: added fourth chord

Common name: G add4 chord

Intervals and tones in Gadd4 chord

Note	Interval
G	Root
H	Major 3rd
C	Perfect 4th
D	Perfect 5th

Inversions

1st inversion

B4 · C5 · D5 · G5

2nd inversion

C5 · D5 · G5 · B5

Songs using Gadd4