Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯11♭9C♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

D♯tone

Gtone

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

How to play it

C♯11♭9 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1, 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).

C♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 8 9 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 11 10 11 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

C♯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.

C♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 8 9 8 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

C♯ Dominant 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 11 10 11 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Sound

How C♯11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tenseexotic

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C · D♯ · G

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

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