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

A11A Dominant 11th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

G♯tone

Btone

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

How to play it

A11 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE), 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 Dominant 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 0 3 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 2 3 3 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 3 3 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 0 5 3 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 0 3 5 3 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 0 5 0 3) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 3 3 5 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

A11 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 Dominant 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 0 3 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 2 3 3 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 3 3 2 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 0 5 3 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 0 3 5 3 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 0 5 0 3) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

A Dominant 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 3 3 5 0 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How A11 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

fullsuspendedsoulful

Genres

gospelsouljazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · G♯ · B

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

Same notes asA9(add11)

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