Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

CM11♯9C Major 11th Sharp 9th

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Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · ♭3 · 4 · Notes C · E · G · B · D♯ · F

How to play it

CM11♯9 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3, 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 Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 8 8 7 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 12 9 11 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

CM11♯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 Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 8 8 7 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 12 9 11 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How CM11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · B · D♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · ♭3 · 4

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