Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Fm11♭5F Minor 11th Flat 5th

A♯Root
C♯tone
Etone
G♯tone
Ctone
D♯tone

Formula 4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7  ·  Notes A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · 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 Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 3 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
F Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar chord — 14th position (17 15 15 15 14 17) 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 Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 3 3 2 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
F Minor 11th Flat 5th guitar tab — 14th position (17 15 15 15 14 17) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Sound

How Fm11♭5 sounds

Consonance
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
murkyunresolved
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · C · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)4 · ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7
Same notes asFø11Fø9(add11)
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