Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

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

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).

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 x 6 7) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 x 7 6) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 4 6 7) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 4 4 7 6) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 9 6 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 6th position (x 9 9 9 6) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 7th position (x 9 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 7th position (x 9 8 9 7) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

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 4 x 6 7) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 x 7 6) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 4 6 7) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 4th position (4 4 4 7 6) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 9 6 9) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 6th position (x 9 9 9 6) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 7th position (x 9 8 7 9) in Double C (gCGCD)

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 7th position (x 9 8 9 7) in Double C (gCGCD)

Sound

How EM(add11) sounds

Consonance

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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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