Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Bm11♯5B Minor 11th Sharp 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

F♯tone

G♯tone

Ctone

D♯tone

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

How to play it

Bm11♯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).

B Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 7 7 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 11 9 10 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 9th position (9 10 12 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 19th position (21 19 19 19 20 21) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

Bm11♯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.

B Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 7 7 8 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 11 9 10 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 9th position (9 10 12 9 10 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

B Minor 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 19th position (21 19 19 19 20 21) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How Bm11♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

murkylush

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F♯ · G♯ · C · D♯

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

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