D# maj7#11 — Mandola

D# maj7#11 is built from D# – G – A – D. Each chart below fingers those tones across the Mandola's four CGDA courses — press one finger and two strings speak, which is why even small shapes here sound bigger than they look.

Fifths tuning spreads chord tones wide, so mandola shapes trade the guitar's six-string stacks for compact three- and four-course grips — including the closed chop shapes that mute and bark on the backbeat. Because the tuning matches the viola's, fiddle players will recognize the geography instantly.

Learn the shape closest to the nut first, then its closed cousin up the neck — the closed version transposes to any root, and tapping a chart plays it so your ear signs off before your fingers commit.