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

Cm11C Minor 11th

CRoot

D♯tone

Gtone

A♯tone

Dtone

Ftone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4 · Notes C · D♯ · G · A♯ · D · F

How to play it

Cm11 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).

C Minor 11th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 10 9 11 11) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor 11th guitar chord — 8th position (8 11 11 9 8 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

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 Minor 11th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 10 9 11 11) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

C Minor 11th guitar tab — 8th position (8 11 11 9 8 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How Cm11 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

opencontemplativeflowing

Genres

jazzneo-soulfusion

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · A♯ · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · 4

Same notes asCm9(add11)

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