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

GM11♯9G Major 11th Sharp 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

C♯tone

Ftone

Gtone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 1 · Notes D · F♯ · A · C♯ · F · G

How to play it

GM11♯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).

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

G Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 0 3 6 0 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

G Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 4 3 3 0 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

G Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 7 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

G Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 14th position (16 14 15 15 14 17) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

G Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 16th position (16 16 19 16 18 18) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

GM11♯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.

G Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 3 3 2 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

G Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 0 3 6 0 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

G Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 4 3 3 0 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

G Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 7 4 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

G Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 14th position (16 14 15 15 14 17) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

G Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 16th position (16 16 19 16 18 18) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 3

Sound

How GM11♯9 sounds

Consonance

1/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C♯ · F · G

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 1

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