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

E+11♭9E Augmented 11th Flat 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

F♯tone

Atone

C♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 1 · 2 · 4 · 6 · Notes G♯ · C · E · F♯ · A · C♯

How to play it

E+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).

E Augmented 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Augmented 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 1 1 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Augmented 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 0 4 6 4 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Augmented 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 4 4 3 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Augmented 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (15 13 13 14 14 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Augmented 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 15th position (15 16 16 15 16 17) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

E+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.

E Augmented 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 3 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Augmented 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 1 1 2 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Augmented 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 0 4 6 4 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Augmented 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 4 4 3 4 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Augmented 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (15 13 13 14 14 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

E Augmented 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 15th position (15 16 16 15 16 17) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 1

Sound

How E+11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

volatiledense

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · F♯ · A · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1 · 2 · 4 · 6

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