Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

AM11♯5A Major 11th Sharp 5th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone
Ftone
G♯tone
Btone

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

How to play it

AM11♯5 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3, 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).

A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — Open (4 1 0 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 3 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 5 3 3 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 6 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (16 14 15 15 15 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 18 16 18 18) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

AM11♯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.

A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (4 1 0 1 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 3 3 3 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 5 3 3 0 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 6 4 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (16 14 15 15 15 16) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 18 16 18 18) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3
Sound

How AM11♯5 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
densedreamlike
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · F · G♯ · B
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 7 · 2
Same notes asA+M11A+M9(add11)
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