Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

EM(add11)E Major Added 11th

G♯Root
Ctone
D♯tone
C♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 6  ·  Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · C♯

How to play it

EM(add11) fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), 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).

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 x 0 6 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 x 0 7 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 x 6 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 x 7 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 0 6 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 0 7 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 5 6 7) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 5 7 6) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
Read it as tab

EM(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.

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 4th position (4 x 0 6 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 4th position (4 x 0 7 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 x 6 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 x 7 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 0 6 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 0 7 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 5 6 7) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 5 7 6) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
Sound

How EM(add11) sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
clashingmodern
Genres
popexperimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · C♯
Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · 6
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