Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Am11♯5A Minor 11th Sharp 5th

F♯Root

Atone

Dtone

Etone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 6 · 1 · 4 · 5 · 7 · 2 · Notes F♯ · A · D · E · G♯ · B

How to play it

Am11♯5 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1, 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 Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 6th position (8 6 6 6 7 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 10 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 9 11 8 9 8) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 18th position (20 18 18 18 19 20) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Am11♯5 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 Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 6th position (8 6 6 6 7 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 10 8 9 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 9 11 8 9 8) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

A Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 18th position (20 18 18 18 19 20) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Am11♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

murkylush

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · D · E · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 4 · 5 · 7 · 2

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