D m(add9) Chord on 12-String Guitar
Play D m(add9) on 12-String Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The D m(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 D, E, F, A. This page shows how to play D m(add9) on 12-String Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The A, D and E strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 1 over a 3-fret stretch. The root is the D string itself. It sounds from F2 up to E4. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 5.
12-String Guitar is strung in six courses of two, the lower four paired an octave apart, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on D 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.