Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

GM(add11)G Major Added 11th

DRoot
F♯tone
Atone
Gtone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · 1  ·  Notes D · F♯ · A · G

How to play it

GM(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).

G Major Added 11th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major Added 11th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 0 0 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major Added 11th guitar chord — 7th position (7 7 x 9 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major Added 11th guitar chord — 7th position (7 7 x 10 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major Added 11th guitar chord — 7th position (7 7 8 9 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major Added 11th guitar chord — 7th position (7 7 8 10 9) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major Added 11th guitar chord — 10th position (x 12 12 10 12) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major Added 11th guitar chord — 10th position (x 12 12 12 10) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
Read it as tab

GM(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.

G Major Added 11th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 0 0 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major Added 11th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 0 0 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major Added 11th guitar tab — 7th position (7 7 x 9 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major Added 11th guitar tab — 7th position (7 7 x 10 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major Added 11th guitar tab — 7th position (7 7 8 9 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major Added 11th guitar tab — 7th position (7 7 8 10 9) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major Added 11th guitar tab — 10th position (x 12 12 10 12) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
G Major Added 11th guitar tab — 10th position (x 12 12 12 10) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)
Sound

How GM(add11) sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
clashingmodern
Genres
popexperimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · G
Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · 1
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