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

G♯M11♯9G♯ Major 11th Sharp 9th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

Gtone

Atone

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

How to play it

G♯M11♯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).

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 0 3 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 4 4 3 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (5 5 4 5 0 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 8 5 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 15th position (17 15 16 16 15 18) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 17th position (17 17 20 17 19 19) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

G♯M11♯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♯ Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 0 3 0 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 4 4 3 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (5 5 4 5 0 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 8 5 7 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 15th position (17 15 16 16 15 18) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 17th position (17 17 20 17 19 19) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 1

Sound

How G♯M11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D♯ · G · A

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

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