Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D11♯5D Dominant 11th Sharp 5th

ERoot

G♯tone

Ctone

Dtone

F♯tone

Atone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 1 · 3 · 5 · Notes E · G♯ · C · D · F♯ · A

How to play it

D11♯5 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE), 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).

D Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 0 3 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 4 3 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 0 0 4 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 3 4 0 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

D11♯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.

D Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 0 3 4 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 4 3 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 0 0 4 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Dominant 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 3 4 0 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How D11♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

denseunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · C · D · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · ♭7 · 1 · 3 · 5

Same notes asD+11 D+9(add11)

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