C add9 Chord on Requinto Guitar
Play C add9 on Requinto Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The C 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 C, D, E, G. This page shows how to play C add9 on Requinto Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The G and E strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 2 over a 2-fret stretch. C falls on the A string. It sounds from C3 up to C5.
Requinto Guitar is tuned A–D–G–C–E–A, with 15 frets to work with. Guitar shapes work unchanged on requinto — finger them exactly as charted; every shape sounds a perfect fourth higher than on guitar.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on C 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.