WTF Is an Add 9 Chord?

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]So, what the heck is an add 9 chord?

[00:00:02]>> [music] >> Let's learn E add 9. The open E chord is in a root fifth root third orientation.

[00:00:10]In order to make an add 9 chord from this, you have to locate the second root. Eliminate that duplicate and replace it with note a whole step above, and that is your add 9 chord.

[00:00:20]>> [music] >> Add 9 chords have to preserve the third of the chord.

[00:00:33]If you remove the third, then it becomes a sus 2.

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