A m(add9) Chord on Mandola
Play A m(add9) on Mandola: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The A 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 A, B, C, E. This page shows how to play A m(add9) on Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the C and A courses open and takes the rest at fret 4, reaching across 4 frets. A falls on the D course. It sounds from C3 up to A4.
Mandola is strung in four courses of two, 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 A 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.