Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

CM11♯5C Major 11th Sharp 5th

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Etone

G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

Ftone

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

How to play it

CM11♯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 Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (0 1 4 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

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

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

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

C Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (12 13 14 12 14 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

CM11♯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 Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (0 1 4 0 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

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

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

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

C Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (12 13 14 12 14 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How CM11♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedreamlike

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · B · D · F

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

Same notes asC+M11 C+M9(add11)

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