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

C♯o11♯9C♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Btone

Ftone

Gtone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 3 · ♭5 · Notes D · F · G♯ · B · F · G

How to play it

C♯o11♯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♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 3 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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

C♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 x 10 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 9th position (10 9 10 10 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

C♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 14th position (x 15 15 14 16 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C♯o11♯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♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 3 2 4 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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

C♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 9th position (10 9 x 10 10 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

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

C♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 14th position (x 15 15 14 16 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How C♯o11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

harshdense

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · B · F · G

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

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