CmMaj11 guitar chord

2nd inversion · G in the bass
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About CmMaj11 — inversions voicings

CmMaj11 is C, Eb, G, B, D and F. It keeps every note of and adds the .

Keep the minor 3rd, major 7th, and 11th audible. On guitar, root and 5th can be left out to make room for those notes.

Also written CmM11 or Cm(maj11).

CmMaj11 inversions guitar chord diagram: C, Eb, G, B, D, F, played x-10-10-10-12-11
CmMaj11 inversions guitar chord voicing: x-10-10-10-12-11.

What an inversion is

How to use CmMaj11

How you get to it. The turn that lands on CmMaj11 is to : the ii and the V of C minor, which is where a minor tonic is usually arrived at rather than simply begun on.

Hear it land:→→

What to play over CmMaj11

Useful scales

Every scale

Chords near CmMaj11

Remove a note

Change one note

  • open strings
    open strings
    Eb → E

    Raise the minor third to the major third.

    See Cmaj11 chord →
  • B → Bb

    Lower the major seventh to the flat seventh.

    See Cm11 chord →

Minor chords on every root

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.

Midi Settings

7.5
Play Style
One pass of the pick from the lowest string up, everything left ringing.
Instrument
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Style

Shows each chord the way this style would voice it, and marks which of its alternatives belong to the idiom.

Layout

Left Handed Mode