Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

FM11♯5F Major 11th Sharp 5th

A♯Root

Dtone

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

D♯tone

Formula 4 · 6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes A♯ · D · F♯ · A · C · D♯

How to play it

FM11♯5 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).

F Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 4 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 0 4 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 7 5 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (17 15 16 16 16 17) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (17 18 19 17 19 19) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

FM11♯5 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.

F Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 4 4 4 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 0 4 5 4 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 7 5 7 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (17 15 16 16 16 17) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

F Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (17 18 19 17 19 19) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How FM11♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedreamlike

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F♯ · A · C · D♯

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

Same notes asF+M11 F+M9(add11)

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