Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯M11♭9G♯ Major 11th Flat 9th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

Ftone

Atone

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

How to play it

G♯M11♭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).

G♯ Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 4th position (6 4 5 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 6th position (6 6 7 6 8 8) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 16th position (18 16 17 17 16 17) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 11th Flat 9th guitar chord — 18th position (18 18 19 18 20 20) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

G♯M11♭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.

G♯ Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 4th position (6 4 5 5 4 5) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 6th position (6 6 7 6 8 8) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 16th position (18 16 17 17 16 17) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

G♯ Major 11th Flat 9th guitar tab — 18th position (18 18 19 18 20 20) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How G♯M11♭9 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

harshdissonant

Genres

experimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D♯ · F · A

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

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