Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C+M11♯9C Augmented-major 11th Sharp 9th

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Etone

G♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 4 · Notes C · E · G♯ · B · D♯ · F

How to play it

C+M11♯9 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).

C Augmented-major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 1 3 0 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 0 2 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 4 4 3 6 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (0 4 4 0 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 10th position (12 10 11 11 11 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 12th position (12 13 15 12 14 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

C+M11♯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 Augmented-major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 1 3 0 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 0 2 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 4 4 3 6 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (0 4 4 0 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 10th position (12 10 11 11 11 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Augmented-major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 12th position (12 13 15 12 14 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How C+M11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

harshdense

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · B · D♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 4

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