E11 guitar chord

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About E11

A practical way to hear E11 is as held over the original root. The upper shape supplies the flat seventh, ninth, and : E, B, D, F# and A.

Because that upper shape omits the dominant’s major third, the chord remains suspended. This bass-plus-shape sound is used mainly as V.

Also written E9sus4 or E dominant 11.

E11 guitar chord diagram: E, B, D, F#, A, played x7777x
E11 guitar chord voicing: x-7-7-7-7-x.

How to use E11

1In place of the ii

V in A major

E11 has the notes of the ii over the V’s root, so it can take the ii’s bar: E11, then E9, then A. The eleventh gives way to the third, and the V resolves as usual.

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Listen for: The eleventh falls a half step to the third, then rises a half step into the root of the I.

In which keys. Every note of E11 belongs to D major, E minor, F# minor, G major, A major and B minor.

What to play over E11

Useful scales

  • +G#C#

    Contains E11 and adds major third and thirteenth.

  • +GC

    Contains E11 and adds minor third and flat thirteenth.

  • +GC#

    Contains E11 and adds minor third and thirteenth.

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Dominant seventh chords on every root

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Midi Settings

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Left Handed Mode