Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯M11G♯ Major 11th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Atone

Formula ♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · Notes E · G♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · A

How to play it

G♯M11 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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).

G♯ Major 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 3 6 0 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Major 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 3 6 6 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Major 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 6 3 3 0 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Major 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 6 6 3 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Read it as tab

G♯M11 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♯ Major 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 3 6 0 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Major 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 3 6 6 0 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Major 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 6 3 3 0 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Major 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 6 6 3 0 3) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

Sound

How G♯M11 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

jazzfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · D♯ · F♯ · A

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2

Same notes asG♯M9(add11)

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