Gmaj11 guitar chord
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About Gmaj11 — rootless voicings
Gmaj11 is G, B, D, F#, A and C. 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; Gmaj11 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 GM11, GΔ11 or G major 11.
What is a rootless voicing
The bassist has the root, and the guide tones imply it anyway. The freed finger adds a tension. Playing solo, keep the root and drop something else.
How to use Gmaj11
How you get to it. The turn that lands on Gmaj11 is to — the ii and the V of G — and shares its third and seventh with , so the hand barely moves between them.
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In which keys. Every note of Gmaj11 belongs to E minor (the ♭III) and G major (the I, the tonic).
What to play over Gmaj11
Useful scales
- +E
Contains Gmaj11 and adds thirteenth.
Chords near Gmaj11
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The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.