Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯M9(add11)C♯ Major 9th Added 11th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes D · F♯ · A · C♯ · E · G

How to play it

C♯M9(add11) 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♯ Major 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 10 10 9 11) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Major 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 13 11 13 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

C♯M9(add11) 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♯ Major 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 10 10 9 11) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C♯ Major 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 13 11 13 13) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How C♯M9(add11) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

floatingambiguouslush

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C♯ · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5

Same notes asC♯M11

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