Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C11♯5C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th

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Etone

G♯tone

A♯tone

Dtone

Ftone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2 · 4 · Notes C · E · G♯ · A♯ · D · F

How to play it

C11♯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).

C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 2 0 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (0 3 5 3 5 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 4 0 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 4 3 5 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (0 7 5 5 7 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 10th position (12 10 10 11 11 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

C11♯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.

C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 0 1 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 2 0 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (0 3 5 3 5 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 4 0 5 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 4 3 5 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (0 7 5 5 7 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 10th position (12 10 10 11 11 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How C11♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

denseunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · A♯ · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6 · ♭7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asC+11 C+9(add11)

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