Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯11♯9G♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

Gtone

Atone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 7 · ♭2 · Notes E · G♯ · B · D · G · A

How to play it

G♯11♯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♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 6 6 7 6 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 11 8 9 10) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 18th position (20 18 18 19 18 21) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

G♯11♯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♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 6 6 7 6 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 11 8 9 10) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

G♯ Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 18th position (20 18 18 19 18 21) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How G♯11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittydense

Genres

funkjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D · G · A

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 7 · ♭2

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