Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

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

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2, 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 — Open (2 1 0 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 0 3 5 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 2 3 0 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 2 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 12th position (14 13 12 13 12 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 14 15 15 16) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

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 — Open (2 1 0 1 0 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 0 3 5 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 2 3 0 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 2 3 3 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 12th position (14 13 12 13 12 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 14 15 15 16) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Sound

How G11♯5 sounds

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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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