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

C♯M11♯5C♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th

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F♯tone

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

Formula ♭2 · 4 · 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · Notes D · F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G

How to play it

C♯M11♯5 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♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 8 9 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 8 11 9 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 8 8 8 11) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (9 9 11 8 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

C♯M11♯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.

C♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 8 9 8 11) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 8 11 9 8 8) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 8 8 8 11) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

C♯ Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (9 9 11 8 8 8) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How C♯M11♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedreamlike

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)♭2 · 4 · 6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5

Same notes asC♯+M11 C♯+M9(add11)

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