Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B+M11B Augmented-major 11th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

D♯tone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 3 · Notes A♯ · D · F♯ · A · C · D♯

How to play it

B+M11 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).

B Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 10 10 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 11th position (11 12 13 11 13 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

B+M11 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.

B Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 10 10 10 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

B Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 11th position (11 12 13 11 13 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How B+M11 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedreamlike

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · A · C · D♯

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

Same notes asBM11♯5 B+M9(add11)

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