Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2

A11A Dominant 11th

F♯Root
A♯tone
C♯tone
Etone
G♯tone
Btone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

How to play it

A11 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2, 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).

A Dominant 11th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 0 0 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Dominant 11th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 0 0 5 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Dominant 11th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 5 7 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Dominant 11th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 5 6 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Dominant 11th guitar chord — 5th position (7 5 5 6 5 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Dominant 11th guitar chord — 7th position (7 7 9 7 8 9) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Dominant 11th guitar chord — 17th position (19 17 17 18 17 19) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

A11 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.

A Dominant 11th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 0 0 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Dominant 11th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 0 0 5 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Dominant 11th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 5 7 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Dominant 11th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 5 6 0 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Dominant 11th guitar tab — 5th position (7 5 5 6 5 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Dominant 11th guitar tab — 7th position (7 7 9 7 8 9) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
A Dominant 11th guitar tab — 17th position (19 17 17 18 17 19) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD) · Capo 2
Sound

How A11 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
fullsuspendedsoulful
Genres
gospelsouljazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2
Same notes asA9(add11)
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