Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Cm11♯9C Minor 11th Sharp 9th

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D♯tone

Gtone

A♯tone

D♯tone

Ftone

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

How to play it

Cm11♯9 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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).

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 1 2 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — Open (x 3 3 1 2 1) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 3 6 4 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 6 6 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 6 x 8 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 6 6 8 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 8 x 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 6th position (8 8 6 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

Cm11♯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.

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 1 2 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — Open (x 3 3 1 2 1) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 3 6 4 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 6 6 4 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 6 x 8 6 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 6 6 8 6 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 8 x 6 6 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C Minor 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 6th position (8 8 6 6 6 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How Cm11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

thickmurky

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · A♯ · D♯ · F

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

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