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

C♯9(add11)C♯ Dominant 9th Added 11th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

Etone

Gtone

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

How to play it

C♯9(add11) 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 9th Added 11th guitar chord — Open (0 0 4 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 0 5 5 5 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 5 2 5 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

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

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 5th position (0 0 5 5 7 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 5th position (0 7 5 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

C♯9(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.

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

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

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 0 5 5 5 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 5 2 5 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

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

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 5th position (0 0 5 5 7 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 5th position (0 7 5 5 7 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How C♯9(add11) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fullsuspendedsoulful

Genres

gospelsouljazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C · E · G

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

Same notes asC♯11

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