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

D♯11♯9D♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

Atone

Btone

Formula ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · ♭5 · ♭6 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · A · B

How to play it

D♯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).

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

D♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 0 0 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 5 2 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 5 2 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

D♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 17 14 15 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

D♯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.

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

D♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 0 0 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 5 2 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

D♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 5 2 3 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

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

D♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 17 14 15 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How D♯11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittydense

Genres

funkjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · A · B

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

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