Gadd5 and Cadd9 Chords
Lesson 29Author : Chris Colby van Scyoc
Last Updated : September, 2024
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Gadd5 and Cadd9 CHORDS
Written Materials for This Lesson
You may find these chords useful. The important thing here is the idea of keeping one or two fingers anchored while moving the two other fingers and coming up with a new chord or sound. It is the concept here that counts.
Gadd5 Chord
- E (6th) string (Low) = second (2nd) finger, third (3rd) fret
- A (5th) string = first (1st) finger, second (2nd) fret
- D (4th) string = open
- G (3rd) string = open
- B (2nd) string = third (3rd) finger, third (3rd) fret
- E (1st) string (High) = third (3rd) finger, third (3rd) fret
Cadd9 Chord
- E (6th) string (Low) = mute / not strummed
- A (5th) string = second (2nd) finger, third (3rd) fret
- D (4th) string = first (1st) finger, second (2nd) fret
- G (3rd) string = open
- B (2nd) string = third (3rd) finger, third (3rd) fret
- E (1st) string (High) = third (3rd) finger, third (3rd) fret
Play #2
Play #3
|: G(add5) / / / | C(add9) / / / | D / / / | D / / / :|
Play #4
|: G(add5) / / / | C(add9) / D / :|
Play #5
|: G(add5) / / / | C(add9) / D / :|
Play #6
|: G(add5) / / / | C(add9) / D / :|
Play #7
|: G(add5) / / / | C(add9) / D / :|
Play #8
|: G(add5) / / / | C(add9) / D / :|
Play #9
|: G(add5) / / / | C(add9) / D / :|
Play #10
|: D / C(add9) / | G(add5) / / / :|
Play #11
|: D / C(add9) / | G(add5) / / / :|
Play #12
|: D / C(add9) / | G(add5) / / / :|
Play #13
|: D / C(add9) / | G(add5) / / / :|
Play #14
|: D / C(add9) / | G(add5) / / / :|
Play #15
|: D / C(add9) / | G(add5) / / / :|
Play #16
|: D / C(add9) / | G(add5) / / / :|
Play #17
|: D / C(add9) / | G(add5) / / / :|
Play #18
|: D / C(add9) / | G(add5) / / / :|
Review: What We Know!
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- ~ From This Lesson ~
- G(add5) and C(add9) Chords
- PREVIOUS:
- Capo
- G Major Chord
- D Major Chord
- A Major Chord
- F & Fmaj7 Chords
- C Major Chord
- Barre Chords
- Power Chords
- Flats and Sharps
- Natural Notes on the Low E String
- Notes on the Low E String
- Single-String Picking
- Eighth Notes
- Am Chord
- Changing Chords - E and Am
- Am7 Chord
- Changing Chords - E7 and Am7
- E7 Chord
- E Chord
- Em Chord
- Em7 Chord
- Tuning and Tuners
- Your first open chord - Em11
- Quarter Notes
- Half Notes
- Whole Notes
- Downstroke
- Counting bars (measures) of four. Also known as 4/4 ("four, four time")
- Muting all the strings with the fretting hand
- Playing on beat one of every measure (the first beat of each measure)
- Playing in time
- Let's build upon this! Fantastic!
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