Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A9(add11)A Dominant 9th Added 11th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

How to play it

A9(add11) fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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).

A Dominant 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 7 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 11 9 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 19th position (21 19 19 20 19 21) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

A9(add11) 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.

A Dominant 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 7 8 7 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 11 9 10 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 19th position (21 19 19 20 19 21) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How A9(add11) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fullsuspendedsoulful

Genres

gospelsouljazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2

Same notes asA11

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