Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

CM11C Major 11th

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Etone
Gtone
Btone
Dtone
Ftone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 4  ·  Notes C · E · G · B · D · F

How to play it

CM11 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3, 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).

C Major 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 0 3 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
C Major 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 4 3 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
C Major 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 4 3 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
C Major 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 0 5 3 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
C Major 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 4 5 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
C Major 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 0 5 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
C Major 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 4 5 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

CM11 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.

C Major 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 0 3 3 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
C Major 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 4 3 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
C Major 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 4 3 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
C Major 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 0 5 3 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
C Major 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 4 5 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
C Major 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 0 5 0 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
C Major 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 4 5 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
Sound

How CM11 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
jazzfusion
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · B · D · F
Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · 4
Same notes asCM9(add11)
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