Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

Em(add11)E Minor Added 11th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

C♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · 6 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · C♯

How to play it

Em(add11) fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD) · 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).

E Minor Added 11th guitar chord — 6th position (x 8 7 6 8) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Added 11th guitar chord — 6th position (x 8 7 8 6) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Added 11th guitar chord — 18th position (x 20 19 18 20) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Added 11th guitar chord — 18th position (x 20 19 20 18) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

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 Minor Added 11th guitar tab — 6th position (x 8 7 6 8) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Added 11th guitar tab — 6th position (x 8 7 8 6) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Added 11th guitar tab — 18th position (x 20 19 18 20) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

E Minor Added 11th guitar tab — 18th position (x 20 19 20 18) in Open G (gDGBD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Em(add11) sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

openyearning

Genres

rockfolk

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · 6

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