G add9 Chord on Mandola
How to play the G add9 chord on Mandola: 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 Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the G and A strings open and takes the rest at fret 7, reaching across 3 frets. G falls on the C string. It sounds from G3 up to B4.
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 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.