Guitar Upscale7#9#11 Chord on guitar
A 7#9#11 chord is a dominant 7th chord with a sharp ninth and a sharp eleventh, a tense altered chord.
| Written as | C7#9#11 |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 3 5 b7 #9 #11 |
| Notes in C7#9#11 | C E G Bb D# F# |
| Semitones from the root | 0, 4, 7, 10, 15, 18 |
About the 7#9#11 Chord
C7#9#11 is C, E, G, Bb, D# and F#.
It mixes the bite of the Hendrix chord with the brightness of the #11.
The half whole diminished scale fits over it.
Intervals
- 1: Root, 0 semitones above the root
- 3: Major 3rd, 4 semitones above the root
- 5: Perfect 5th, 7 semitones above the root
- b7: Minor 7th, 10 semitones above the root
- #9: Sharp 9th, 15 semitones above the root
- #11: Sharp 11th, 18 semitones above the root
7#9#11 Chord charts in all 12 keys
Each chart shows the strings from the thick low E on the left to the thin high e on the right. Numbers in the dots are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little, T thumb. × marks a muted string and ○ an open one. A bar across strings is a barre.
C7#9#11: C E G Bb D# F#
G7#9#11: G B D F A# C#
D7#9#11: D F# A C E# G#
A7#9#11: A C# E G B# D#
E7#9#11: E G# B D G A#
B7#9#11: B D# F# A D E#
F#7#9#11: F# A# C# E A B#
Db7#9#11: Db F Ab Cb E G
Ab7#9#11: Ab C Eb Gb B D
Eb7#9#11: Eb G Bb Db F# A
Bb7#9#11: Bb D F Ab C# E
F7#9#11: F A C Eb G# B
Scales to play over C7#9#11
Each of these scales, started on the root of C7#9#11, holds every note of the chord:
- C Hungarian Major scale
- C Blues Scale with Both Thirds
- C Chromatic Blues Scale
- C Mixo-Blues Scale
- C Diminished scale