Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C11♯9C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

D♯tone

Ftone

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

How to play it

C11♯9 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3, 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).

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 0 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 5 5 5 2 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 5 2 5 2 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 0 5 5 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 5 5 3 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 5 6 3 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 5 6 5 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar chord — 14th position (17 17 14 17 14 15) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

C11♯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.

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 0 0 2 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 5 5 5 2 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 5 2 5 2 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 0 5 5 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 5 5 3 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 5 6 3 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 5 6 5 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th guitar tab — 14th position (17 17 14 17 14 15) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How C11♯9 sounds

Consonance

1/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

grittydense

Genres

funkjazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · A♯ · D♯ · F

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

Explore

More ways to play C Dominant 11th Sharp 9th

Browse the rest of the C chords in this tuning, or open C11♯9 in the app for every voicing.

C11♯9 in other tunings:

See & hear C11♯9 in Chordology

The app shows every voicing across guitar, piano, bass, banjo and ukulele — in any tuning, with a capo, and you can play every chord back. All offline.

Hear every chordMore voicingsEvery tuning & capoWorks offline

Download on theApp Store