Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯m11♯9C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

Ctone

Ftone

Gtone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 3 · ♭5 · Notes D · F · A · C · F · G

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♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 x 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 4 x 2 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 4 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 4 4 3 x 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 1 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 4 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 1 4 1 2 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (1 4 4 3 4 4) 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♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 x 1 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 4 x 2 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 4 1 2 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 4 4 3 x 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 1 1 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 4 1 2 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 1 4 1 2 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (1 4 4 3 4 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How C♯m11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

thickmurky

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A · C · F · G

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 3 · ♭5

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