Six String Guitar · Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯+M11G♯ Augmented-major 11th

ERoot

G♯tone

Ctone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Atone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · Notes E · G♯ · C · D♯ · F♯ · A

How to play it

G♯+M11 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♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 5 6 5 8) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 8 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 5th position (6 6 5 5 5 8) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 5th position (6 6 8 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 17th position (18 17 17 18 17 20) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 17th position (18 17 20 18 17 17) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 17th position (18 18 17 17 17 20) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 17th position (18 18 20 17 17 17) fretboard diagram in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Read it as tab

G♯+M11 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♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 5 6 5 8) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 8 6 5 5) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 5th position (6 6 5 5 5 8) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 5th position (6 6 8 5 5 5) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 17th position (18 17 17 18 17 20) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 17th position (18 17 20 18 17 17) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 17th position (18 18 17 17 17 20) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

G♯ Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 17th position (18 18 20 17 17 17) in Open G Tuning (DGDGBD)

Sound

How G♯+M11 sounds

Consonance

1/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedreamlike

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · C · D♯ · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2

Same notes asG♯M11♯5 G♯+M9(add11)

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