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E11 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 0–0–0–1–0–0

How to play the E11 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 0–0–0–1–0–0 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) Play open
5th string (A) Play open
4th string (D) Play open
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Play open
1st string (high E) Play open

Notation for E11 chord

Other names: E 11th, E eleventh

Music theory name: dominant eleventh chord

Common name: E eleventh chord

Intervals and tones in E11 chord

Note Interval
E Root
Ab Major 3rd
H Perfect 5th
D Minor 7th
F# Major 9th
A Perfect 11th

All Variations

Open
0–0–0–1–0–0
Open
0–0–4–4–3–4
Fret 5
X–7–6–7–5–5
Fret 7
X–7–7–7–9–7