D# add9 Chord on Taro-Patch Ukulele

How to play the D# add9 chord on Taro-Patch Ukulele: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.

D# add9 chord diagram, starting at fret 1. Strings low to high: G open, C 5th fret, E 3rd fret, A 6th fret.

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 Taro-Patch Ukulele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The shape nearest the nut leaves the G string open and takes the rest at fret 3, reaching across 4 frets. D# falls on the A string. It sounds from F4 up to D#5.

Taro-Patch Ukulele 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 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.