D11 Guitar Chord

A wide, open sound. On guitar, the third is almost always omitted in practice as it clashes with the eleventh (a semitone apart). The fifth is also commonly omitted.

Guitar

Strings X–X–0–0–1–2

How to play the D11 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–0–0–1–2 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Do not play

5th string (A) Do not play

4th string (D) Play open

3rd string (G) Play open

2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger

1st string (high E) Fret 2 · middle finger