Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G11♯5G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th

DRoot

F♯tone

A♯tone

Ctone

Etone

Gtone

Formula 5 · 7 · ♭3 · 4 · 6 · 1 · Notes D · F♯ · A♯ · C · E · G

How to play it

G11♯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).

G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 3 4 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 15th position (17 15 15 16 16 17) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

G11♯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.

G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 3 4 4 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 15th position (17 15 15 16 16 17) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How G11♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

denseunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A♯ · C · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · ♭3 · 4 · 6 · 1

Same notes asG+11 G+9(add11)

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