Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯m11♭9D♯ Minor 11th Flat 9th

F♯Root

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

Btone

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

How to play it

D♯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).

D♯ Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — Open (3 1 1 1 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 3 4 3 4 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 13th position (15 13 13 13 13 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 15th position (15 15 16 15 16 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

D♯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.

D♯ Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — Open (3 1 1 1 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 3 4 3 4 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 13th position (15 13 13 13 13 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

D♯ Minor 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 15th position (15 15 16 15 16 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How D♯m11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

darktense

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯ · E · G · B

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

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