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Badd9 Ukulele 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.

Ukulele

Strings 4–3–2–4

How to play the Badd9 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 4–3–2–4 from the G string to the A string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. 0 means an open string and X means a muted string.

4th string (G) Fret 4 · ring finger
3rd string (C) Fret 3 · middle finger
2nd string (E) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (A) Fret 4 · pinky

Other names for the Badd9 chord

Other names: B added 9th

Music theory name: added ninth chord

Common name: B add9 chord

Notes and intervals in the Badd9 chord

Note Interval
B Root
D# Major 3rd
F# Perfect 5th
C# Major 9th

All variations

Open
4–3–2–4
Fret 6
6–6–7–6
Fret 8
8–11–9–9
Fret 11
11–13–11–14

Songs using Badd9