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

GM11♯5G Major 11th Sharp 5th

DRoot

F♯tone

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

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

How to play it

GM11♯5 fingering positions

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

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 5 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (16 16 17 17 17 18) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

GM11♯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 Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 3 5 3 2 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 5 5 5 6) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (16 16 17 17 17 18) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How GM11♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedreamlike

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G

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

Same notes asG+M11 G+M9(add11)

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