Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

AM(add11)A Major Added 11th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Btone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3 · 2 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · B

How to play it

AM(add11) fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1, 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).

A Major Added 11th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 x 10 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Added 11th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 x 11 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Added 11th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 9 10 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Added 11th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 9 11 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (x 13 13 11 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (x 13 13 13 11) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

AM(add11) 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.

A Major Added 11th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 x 10 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Added 11th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 x 11 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Added 11th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 9 10 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Added 11th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 9 11 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (x 13 13 11 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

A Major Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (x 13 13 13 11) in C / Drop C (gCGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How AM(add11) sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

clashingmodern

Genres

popexperimental

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · 2

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