Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

CmM11♯9C Minor major 11th Sharp 9th

CRoot

D♯tone

Gtone

Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 7 · ♭3 · 4 · Notes C · D♯ · G · B · D♯ · F

How to play it

CmM11♯9 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).

C Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 4 4 3 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 12th position (12 12 12 13 15) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 12th position (12 12 12 15 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

CmM11♯9 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.

C Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 4 4 3 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 12th position (12 12 12 13 15) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 12th position (12 12 12 15 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How CmM11♯9 sounds

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashingdense

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · B · D♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · 5 · 7 · ♭3 · 4

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