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

AM11A Major 11th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Ftone

G♯tone

Btone

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

How to play it

AM11 fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), 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 Major 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 3 5 3 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Major 11th guitar chord — 5th position (6 6 0 5 6 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Major 11th guitar chord — 6th position (6 6 7 7 6 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Major 11th guitar chord — 15th position (18 18 15 17 15 17) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Major 11th guitar chord — 18th position (18 18 19 19 18 20) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

AM11 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 Major 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 3 5 3 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Major 11th guitar tab — 5th position (6 6 0 5 6 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Major 11th guitar tab — 6th position (6 6 7 7 6 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Major 11th guitar tab — 15th position (18 18 15 17 15 17) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

A Major 11th guitar tab — 18th position (18 18 19 19 18 20) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How AM11 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

floatingambiguouslush

Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · F · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2

Same notes asAM9(add11)

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