Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯mM11C♯ Minor major 11th

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

Formula ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes D · F · A · C♯ · E · G

How to play it

C♯mM11 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 major 11th guitar chord — Open (1 1 3 1 3 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

C♯ Minor major 11th guitar chord — 11th position (13 11 12 11 11 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor major 11th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 15 13 15 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor major 11th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 16 13 15 13) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

C♯mM11 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 major 11th guitar tab — Open (1 1 3 1 3 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

C♯ Minor major 11th guitar tab — 11th position (13 11 12 11 11 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor major 11th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 15 13 15 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C♯ Minor major 11th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 16 13 15 13) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How C♯mM11 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

unsettleddarkcomplex

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A · C♯ · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5

Same notes asC♯mM9(add11)

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