Emaj11 guitar chord
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About Emaj11 — open string voicings
Emaj11 is E, G#, B, D#, F# and A. Its natural is the same note name as the 4th, while the major 3rd remains.
In a close voicing, sits one fret above . A sharp 11th raises that note one more fret; Emaj11 calls for the natural 11th.
Let both notes sound only when you want that close interval heard. For the sharp 11th instead, played without a 5th, the chord is .
Also written EM11, EΔ11 or E major 11.
What is an open-string voicing
An open string adds a note without a finger: a tension on top or a pedal below. These belong to their key and cannot be moved up the neck.
How to use Emaj11
How you get to it. The turn that lands on Emaj11 is to — the ii and the V of E — and shares its third and seventh with , so the hand barely moves between them.
Hear it land:→→
In which keys. Every note of Emaj11 belongs to C# minor (the ♭III) and E major (the I, the tonic).
What to play over Emaj11
Useful scales
- +C#
Contains Emaj11 and adds thirteenth.
Chords near Emaj11
Change one note
The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.