Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

DM6(add11)D Major 6th Added 11th

ERoot
G♯tone
Btone
C♯tone
Atone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 7 · 5  ·  Notes E · G♯ · B · C♯ · A

How to play it

DM6(add11) 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 Major 6th Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (x 7 7 4 6 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
D Major 6th Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 x 12 11 14) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
D Major 6th Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 11 12 x 14) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
D Major 6th Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (14 12 11 14 14 14) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
D Major 6th Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 11 12 11 14) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
D Major 6th Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 11 12 14 14) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
D Major 6th Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 14 12 11 14) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
D Major 6th Added 11th guitar chord — 16th position (x 19 19 16 18 17) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Read it as tab

DM6(add11) 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 Major 6th Added 11th guitar tab — 4th position (x 7 7 4 6 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
D Major 6th Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 x 12 11 14) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
D Major 6th Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 11 12 x 14) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
D Major 6th Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (14 12 11 14 14 14) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
D Major 6th Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 11 12 11 14) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
D Major 6th Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 11 12 14 14) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
D Major 6th Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 14 12 11 14) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
D Major 6th Added 11th guitar tab — 16th position (x 19 19 16 18 17) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)
Sound

How DM6(add11) sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · C♯ · A
Formula (scale degrees)2 · ♭5 · 6 · 7 · 5
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