Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

FM9(add11)F Major 9th Added 11th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Atone

Ctone

D♯tone

Formula 4 · 6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes A♯ · D · F · A · C · D♯

How to play it

FM9(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).

F Major 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 0 3 4 3) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Major 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 0 3 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Major 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 4 3 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Major 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 0 0 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Major 9th Added 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 4 0 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

FM9(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.

F Major 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 0 3 4 3) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Major 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 0 3 4 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Major 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 4 3 0 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Major 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 0 0 4 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

F Major 9th Added 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 4 0 0 5) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How FM9(add11) sounds

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · A · C · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)4 · 6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7

Same notes asFM11

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