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

Em11E Minor 11th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

A♯tone

C♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · 6 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · A♯ · C♯

How to play it

Em11 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).

E Minor 11th guitar chord — Open (1 1 1 0 1 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor 11th guitar chord — Open (1 1 1 1 1 3) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor 11th guitar chord — 10th position (13 10 10 13 11 11) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor 11th guitar chord — 13th position (13 13 13 13 13 15) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Read it as tab

Em11 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 Minor 11th guitar tab — Open (1 1 1 0 1 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor 11th guitar tab — Open (1 1 1 1 1 3) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor 11th guitar tab — 10th position (13 10 10 13 11 11) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

E Minor 11th guitar tab — 13th position (13 13 13 13 13 15) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How Em11 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

opencontemplativeflowing

Genres

jazzneo-soulfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · A♯ · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · 6

Same notes asEm9(add11)

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