Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E+M11E Augmented-major 11th

G♯Root

Ctone

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

C♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6 · Notes G♯ · C · E · G · A♯ · C♯

How to play it

E+M11 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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 Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — Open (4 1 0 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 3 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 5 3 3 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 4th position (4 5 6 4 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 14th position (16 14 15 15 15 16) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented-major 11th guitar chord — 16th position (16 17 18 16 18 18) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

E+M11 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 Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — Open (4 1 0 1 0 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 3 3 3 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 5 3 3 0 4) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 4th position (4 5 6 4 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 14th position (16 14 15 15 15 16) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

E Augmented-major 11th guitar tab — 16th position (16 17 18 16 18 18) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How E+M11 sounds

Consonance

1/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

densedreamlike

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · E · G · A♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 6

Same notes asEM11♯5 E+M9(add11)

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