Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯o11♯9G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th

ERoot

Gtone

A♯tone

C♯tone

Gtone

Atone

Formula ♭6 · 7 · 2 · 4 · 7 · ♭2 · Notes E · G · A♯ · C♯ · G · A

How to play it

G♯o11♯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).

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 1 1 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (8 6 5 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 x 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 7th position (8 7 8 8 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 12th position (x 13 13 12 14 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 17th position (20 18 17 18 17 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 19th position (20 19 x 20 20 21) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 19th position (20 19 20 20 20 21) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

G♯o11♯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.

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 1 1 0 2 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (8 6 5 6 5 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 x 8 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 7th position (8 7 8 8 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 12th position (x 13 13 12 14 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 17th position (20 18 17 18 17 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 19th position (20 19 x 20 20 21) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 19th position (20 19 20 20 20 21) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How G♯o11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

harshdense

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · A♯ · C♯ · G · A

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

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