Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

EM11♯9E Major 11th Sharp 9th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

Gtone

Btone

C♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 5 · 6 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · G · B · C♯

How to play it

EM11♯9 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2, 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 Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (2 0 1 0 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

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

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

E Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 5 2 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

E Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 12th position (14 12 13 13 12 15) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

E Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 17 14 16 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

EM11♯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 Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (2 0 1 0 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

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

E Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 5 4 4 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

E Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 5 2 4 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

E Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 12th position (14 12 13 13 12 15) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

E Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 17 14 16 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

Sound

How EM11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · G · B · C♯

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

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