FmMaj11 guitar chord
Shell · Root position
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About FmMaj11 — shell voicings
FmMaj11 is F, Ab, C, E, G and Bb. 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 FmM11 or Fm(maj11).
What is a shell voicing
Shell voicing
R35♭7
Root, 3rd and 7th. The 3rd and 7th set the quality; the 5th adds nothing, so it goes. That frees a string for a tension.
How to use FmMaj11
How you get to it. The turn that lands on FmMaj11 is to : the ii and the V of F minor, which is where a minor tonic is usually arrived at rather than simply begun on.
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What to play over FmMaj11
Useful scales
- +Db
Contains FmMaj11 and adds flat thirteenth.
- +D
Contains FmMaj11 and adds thirteenth.
Chords near FmMaj11
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