Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

BM(add11)B Major Added 11th

A♯Root
Dtone
Ftone
D♯tone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 3  ·  Notes A♯ · D · F · D♯

How to play it

BM(add11) fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD), 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).

B Major Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 x 13 14) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 x 14 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 11 13 14) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 11th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 11 14 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 11th guitar chord — 13th position (x 16 16 13 16) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 11th guitar chord — 13th position (x 16 16 16 13) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 11th guitar chord — 14th position (x 16 15 14 16) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 11th guitar chord — 14th position (x 16 15 16 14) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)
Read it as tab

BM(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.

B Major Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 x 13 14) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 x 14 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 11 13 14) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 11th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 11 14 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 11th guitar tab — 13th position (x 16 16 13 16) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 11th guitar tab — 13th position (x 16 16 16 13) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 11th guitar tab — 14th position (x 16 15 14 16) in Double C (gCGCD)
B Major Added 11th guitar tab — 14th position (x 16 15 16 14) in Double C (gCGCD)
Sound

How BM(add11) sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
clashingmodern
Genres
popexperimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 3
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