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

C♯11♯9C♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

Ftone

Gtone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · 3 · ♭5 · Notes D · F♯ · A · C · F · G

How to play it

C♯11♯9 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).

C♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 3 0 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 0 4 0 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 0 4 5 6 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 4 0 6 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (12 10 10 11 10 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 12th position (12 12 15 12 13 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

C♯11♯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♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 3 0 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 0 4 0 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 0 4 5 6 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 4 0 6 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (12 10 10 11 10 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 12th position (12 12 15 12 13 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How C♯11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittydense

Genres

funkjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C · F · G

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · 3 · ♭5

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