Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

AM11♯5A Major 11th Sharp 5th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Dtone

Ftone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · F · G♯ · B

How to play it

AM11♯5 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 Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 8 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 11 9 11 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (21 19 20 20 20 21) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

AM11♯5 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 Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 8 8 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 11 9 11 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (21 19 20 20 20 21) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How AM11♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedreamlike

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · F · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · 2

Same notes asA+M11 A+M9(add11)

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