Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G11G Dominant 11th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

Etone

Gtone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · 6 · 1 · Notes D · F♯ · A · C · E · G

How to play it

G11 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · 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).

G Dominant 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 4 2 3 0 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 2 3 2 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th guitar chord — 11th position (14 14 11 13 11 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th guitar chord — 14th position (14 14 14 15 14 16) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

G11 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.

G Dominant 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 4 2 3 0 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 2 3 2 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th guitar tab — 11th position (14 14 11 13 11 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

G Dominant 11th guitar tab — 14th position (14 14 14 15 14 16) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 2

Sound

How G11 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fullsuspendedsoulful

Genres

gospelsouljazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C · E · G

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · 4 · 6 · 1

Same notes asG9(add11)

Explore

More ways to play G Dominant 11th

Browse the rest of the G chords in this tuning, or open G11 in the app for every voicing.

G11 in other tunings:

See & hear G11 in Chordology

The app shows every voicing across guitar, piano, bass, banjo and ukulele — in any tuning, with a capo, and you can play every chord back. All offline.

Hear every chordMore voicingsEvery tuning & capoWorks offline

Download on theApp Store