Five String Banjo · Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)

CM(add11)C Major Added 11th

CRoot
Etone
Gtone
Ftone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · 4  ·  Notes C · E · G · F

How to play it

CM(add11) fingering positions

Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD), 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).

C Major Added 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 5 2 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C Major Added 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 5 4 3 5) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C Major Added 11th guitar chord — 14th position (x 17 17 14 17) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C Major Added 11th guitar chord — 14th position (x 17 17 17 14) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C Major Added 11th guitar chord — 15th position (x 17 16 15 17) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C Major Added 11th guitar chord — 15th position (x 17 16 17 15) fretboard diagram in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
Read it as tab

CM(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.

C Major Added 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 5 2 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C Major Added 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 5 4 3 5) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C Major Added 11th guitar tab — 14th position (x 17 17 14 17) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C Major Added 11th guitar tab — 14th position (x 17 17 17 14) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C Major Added 11th guitar tab — 15th position (x 17 16 15 17) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
C Major Added 11th guitar tab — 15th position (x 17 16 17 15) in Sawmill / Mountain Modal (gDGCD)
Sound

How CM(add11) sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
clashingmodern
Genres
popexperimental
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · F
Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · 4
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