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

AM11♯9A Major 11th Sharp 9th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Ftone

Atone

Btone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 1 · 2 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · F · A · B

How to play it

AM11♯9 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 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 3 3 2 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

A Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 0 3 6 0 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

A Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 4 3 3 0 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

A Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 7 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

A Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 14th position (16 14 15 15 14 17) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

A Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 16th position (16 16 19 16 18 18) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

AM11♯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.

A Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 3 3 2 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

A Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 0 3 6 0 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

A Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 4 3 3 0 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

A Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 7 4 6 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

A Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 14th position (16 14 15 15 14 17) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

A Major 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 16th position (16 16 19 16 18 18) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How AM11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · F · A · B

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

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