Cadd9 chord on guitar: how to put and clamp

In this article, we will analyze how to put and hold the Cadd9 chord on the guitar, see its fingering. Since I have not learned chords for a long time, but I play from tablature, I did not know this chord.

Fingering for the chord Cadd9

Cadd9 chord fingerings

But him sometimes they play WITHOUT the 1st string clamped (another way of setting). I first encountered this chord about a week ago.

How to put (clamp) a Cadd9 chord

What is the right way to put and hold the Cadd9 chord?

looks like that:

I will say right away that in this photo above another staging option – the 1st string is not clamped here! This option is very often heard in songs where it is not necessary to clamp the first string.

To be honest, I first came across this chord quite RECENTLY (although I have been playing the guitar for 10 years already!). It happened when I was sorting out the chords for the song Aria – Careless Angel on the site.