Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

GM11♯5G Major 11th Sharp 5th

DRoot

F♯tone

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

Gtone

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

How to play it

GM11♯5 fingering positions

Open G Tuning (DGDGBD), 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).

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 4 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 7 5 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 5 4 4 4 7) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 4th position (5 5 7 4 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (17 16 16 17 16 19) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (17 16 19 17 16 16) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (17 17 16 16 16 19) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 16th position (17 17 19 16 16 16) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Read it as tab

GM11♯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.

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 4 5 4 7) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 7 5 4 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 5 4 4 4 7) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 4th position (5 5 7 4 4 4) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (17 16 16 17 16 19) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (17 16 19 17 16 16) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (17 17 16 16 16 19) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 16th position (17 17 19 16 16 16) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How GM11♯5 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedreamlike

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G

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

Same notes asG+M11 G+M9(add11)

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