F♯9♯11 / G♭9♯11

6-note dominant 9th sharp 11 on F♯ / G♭F♯, G♯, A♯, C, C♯, E.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

A dominant ninth with the sharp eleventh added — the Lydian-dominant colour, bright and floating over the tension.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1F♯root
9G♯ninth
3A♯major third
♯11Csharp eleventh (tritone)
5C♯perfect fifth
♭7Eflat seventh (dominant)

The formula reads in semitones above the root (F♯): 1, 9, 3, ♯11, 5, ♭7. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 4

234
open position
4fr1234
from fret 4
8fr21341
from fret 8
9fr12131
from fret 9

Ukulele fingerings · 4

12
open position
22
open position
5fr1423
from fret 5
8fr2314
from fret 8

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other F♯ / G♭ chords

9♯11 chords on every root