Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

A11♯5A Dominant 11th Sharp 5th

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

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

How to play it

A11♯5 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 0 0 6 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 5 6 6 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (19 17 17 18 18 19) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Read it as tab

A11♯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 Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 0 0 6 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 5 6 6 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
A Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (19 17 17 18 18 19) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)
Sound

How A11♯5 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
denseunstable
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · E · G♯ · B
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 7 · 2
Same notes asA+11A+9(add11)
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