Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E+9(add11)E Augmented 9th Added 11th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

F♯tone

A♯tone

C♯tone

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

How to play it

E+9(add11) 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).

E Augmented 9th Added 11th guitar chord — Open (4 1 0 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 2 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 5 6 3 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 14th position (16 14 14 15 15 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

E+9(add11) 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.

E Augmented 9th Added 11th guitar tab — Open (4 1 0 1 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 2 3 3 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 5 6 3 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 14th position (16 14 14 15 15 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How E+9(add11) sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

denseunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · F♯ · A♯ · C♯

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

Same notes asE+11 E11♯5

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