Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Cm11♭5C Minor 11th Flat 5th

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D♯tone

F♯tone

A♯tone

Dtone

Ftone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4 · Notes C · D♯ · F♯ · A♯ · 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 Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 6 0 6 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

C Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar chord — 4th position (0 7 5 5 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar chord — 9th position (12 10 10 10 9 12) 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 Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 6 0 6 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

C Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar tab — 4th position (0 7 5 5 6 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar tab — 9th position (12 10 10 10 9 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Cm11♭5 sounds

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Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · F♯ · A♯ · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asCø11 Cø9(add11)

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