Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ø11♯9C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th

DRoot

Ftone

G♯tone

Ctone

Ftone

Gtone

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

How to play it

C♯ø11♯9 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).

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 2 0 0 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 4 5 4 5 2) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 4 4 4 5 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 4 0 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 4 0 5 7) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 5 4 7 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 9 9 8 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 8th position (11 9 9 9 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

C♯ø11♯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.

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 2 0 0 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 4 5 4 5 2) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 4 4 4 5 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 4 0 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 4 0 5 7) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 5 4 7 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 9 9 8 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Half-Diminished 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 8th position (11 9 9 9 8 9) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How C♯ø11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

thickmurky

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · G♯ · C · F · G

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

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