G add9 Chord on Loog
How to play the G add9 chord on Loog: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The G 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 G, A, B, D. This page shows how to play G add9 on Loog with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The G and B strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 5. The root is the G string itself. It sounds from G3 up to A4.
Loog is tuned G–B–E, with 12 frets to work with. Loog strings are guitar strings 3-2-1 (G-B-E) — every shape here is the top of the matching guitar shape, so it all transfers when you move up to six strings.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on G 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.