B add9 Chord on Guitalele
How to play the B add9 chord on Guitalele: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The B add9 chord is an added-ninth chord that layers in a ninth without the seventh for an open, modern sound. It is built from the notes B, C#, D#, F#. This page shows how to play B add9 on Guitalele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
Guitalele is tuned A–D–G–C–E–A, with 15 frets to work with. Guitar shapes work unchanged on guitalele — finger them exactly as charted; every shape sounds a perfect fourth higher than on guitar.
On Guitalele it is most often played as a movable shape you can slide along the fretboard to reach the right register, with the lowest comfortable position depending on your tuning and reach.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on B or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.