Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

CM11♯5C Major 11th Sharp 5th

CRoot
Etone
G♯tone
Btone
Dtone
Ftone

Formula 1 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · 4  ·  Notes C · E · G♯ · B · D · F

How to play it

CM11♯5 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 9 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 20th position (20 20 21 21 21 22) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Read it as tab

CM11♯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.

C Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 9 9 9 10) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
C Major 11th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 20th position (20 20 21 21 21 22) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Sound

How CM11♯5 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
densedreamlike
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G♯ · B · D · F
Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · 4
Same notes asC+M11C+M9(add11)
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CM11♯5 in other tunings:

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