Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯11D♯ Dominant 11th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

How to play it

D♯11 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).

D♯ Dominant 11th guitar chord — Open (3 0 1 3 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

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

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

D♯ Dominant 11th guitar chord — 15th position (15 15 17 15 16 17) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

D♯11 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.

D♯ Dominant 11th guitar tab — Open (3 0 1 3 1 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

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

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

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

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

D♯ Dominant 11th guitar tab — 15th position (15 15 17 15 16 17) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How D♯11 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fullsuspendedsoulful

Genres

gospelsouljazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭6

Same notes asD♯9(add11)

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