D# add9 Chord on E9 Pedal Steel
D# add9 on E9 Pedal Steel as a steel plays it: every straight-bar and short slant position with no pedal or lever down, with the strings to pick.
The D# 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#, F, G, A#. This page shows how to play D# add9 on E9 Pedal Steel with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
There is no open-string version on E9 Pedal Steel: the lowest shape barres fret 1 and covers 1 fret. The B, G# and D# strings stay silent, so 5 of 10 sound. D# falls on the D string. It sounds from D#3 up to G4. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 11.
E9 Pedal Steel is tuned B–D–E–F#–G#–B–E–G#–D#–F#, with 15 frets to work with.
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.