Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

CM11C Major 11th

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Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · Notes C · E · G · B · D · F

How to play it

CM11 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 11th guitar chord — 8th position (10 8 9 9 8 10) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 11th guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 12 10 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 11th guitar chord — 20th position (22 20 21 21 20 22) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Read it as tab

CM11 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 11th guitar tab — 8th position (10 8 9 9 8 10) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 11th guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 12 10 12 12) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major 11th guitar tab — 20th position (22 20 21 21 20 22) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How CM11 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · B · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asCM9(add11)

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