Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

EM(add11)E Major Added 11th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

C♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 6 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · C♯

How to play it

EM(add11) 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).

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — Open (2 0 x 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — Open (2 0 x 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — Open (2 0 2 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — Open (2 0 2 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — Open (2 0 x 1 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — Open (2 0 2 1 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 0 x x 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major Added 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 x x 2 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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 Major Added 11th guitar tab — Open (2 0 x 1 0 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — Open (2 0 x 1 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — Open (2 0 2 1 0 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — Open (2 0 2 1 0 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — Open (2 0 x 1 0 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — Open (2 0 2 1 0 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 0 x x 0 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

E Major Added 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 x x 2 0 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How EM(add11) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · 6

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