Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D11♯9D Dominant 11th Sharp 9th

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G♯tone

Btone

Dtone

Gtone

Atone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 1 · 4 · 5 · Notes E · G♯ · B · D · G · A

How to play it

D11♯9 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 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 0 2 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 5 2 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 0 0 5 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 5 0 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

D11♯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.

D Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 0 2 5 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 5 2 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 0 0 5 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

D Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 5 0 0 2) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How D11♯9 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittydense

Genres

funkjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D · G · A

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

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