Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

A+(add11)A Augmented Added 11th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone
Btone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · 2  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · B

How to play it

A+(add11) fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

A Augmented Added 11th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 x 11 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
A Augmented Added 11th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 x 12 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
A Augmented Added 11th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 10 11 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
A Augmented Added 11th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 10 12 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
A Augmented Added 11th guitar chord — 12th position (x 14 14 12 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
A Augmented Added 11th guitar chord — 12th position (x 14 14 15 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
Read it as tab

A+(add11) guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

A Augmented Added 11th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 x 11 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
A Augmented Added 11th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 x 12 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
A Augmented Added 11th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 10 11 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
A Augmented Added 11th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 10 12 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
A Augmented Added 11th guitar tab — 12th position (x 14 14 12 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
A Augmented Added 11th guitar tab — 12th position (x 14 14 15 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
Sound

How A+(add11) sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
unstableclashing
Genres
experimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · B
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · 2
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