Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯11D♯ Dominant 11th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭6 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

How to play it

D♯11 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).

D♯ Dominant 11th guitar chord — Open (1 1 3 0 2 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Dominant 11th guitar chord — Open (1 1 3 1 2 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Dominant 11th guitar chord — 11th position (13 11 11 12 11 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Dominant 11th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 15 13 14 15) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

D♯11 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.

D♯ Dominant 11th guitar tab — Open (1 1 3 0 2 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Dominant 11th guitar tab — Open (1 1 3 1 2 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Dominant 11th guitar tab — 11th position (13 11 11 12 11 13) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

D♯ Dominant 11th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 15 13 14 15) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How D♯11 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fullsuspendedsoulful

Genres

gospelsouljazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · 4 · ♭6

Same notes asD♯9(add11)

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