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

G♯M11♯5G♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th

ERoot

G♯tone

Ctone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Atone

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

How to play it

G♯M11♯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).

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

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

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

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (3 0 5 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

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

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 13th position (15 13 14 14 14 15) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (15 16 17 15 17 17) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

G♯M11♯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.

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — Open (3 1 2 2 2 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

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

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

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (3 0 5 6 5 6) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

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

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 13th position (15 13 14 14 14 15) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

G♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (15 16 17 15 17 17) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How G♯M11♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedreamlike

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · C · D♯ · F♯ · A

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

Same notes asG♯+M11 G♯+M9(add11)

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