Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Ao11A Diminished 11th

F♯Root
Atone
Ctone
D♯tone
G♯tone
Btone

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

How to play it

Ao11 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 Diminished 11th guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 0 4 4 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 11th guitar chord — 4th position (5 5 4 5 4 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 11th guitar chord — 5th position (5 6 0 5 7 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 11th guitar chord — 16th position (17 17 16 17 16 19) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Read it as tab

Ao11 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 Diminished 11th guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 0 4 4 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 11th guitar tab — 4th position (5 5 4 5 4 7) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 11th guitar tab — 5th position (5 6 0 5 7 7) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Diminished 11th guitar tab — 16th position (17 17 16 17 16 19) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Sound

How Ao11 sounds

Consonance
1/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
chaoticdissonant
Genres
jazz
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C · D♯ · G♯ · B
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · ♭3 · ♭5 · 7 · 2
Same notes asAo9(add11)
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