How to play G#11: an 11th built on G#, with 2 voicings, the notes, and the intervals.
The first diagram is a common voicing: played at the 9th fret. An X above a string means don't play it; an O means play it open.
The same chord in other positions on the neck: movable shapes transposed to G#. Open any of them in the Diagram Maker below to adjust the fingering.
| Note | G# | B# | F# | C# |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interval | R | 3 | b7 | 11 |
G#11 is an 11th with G# as its root. The full theoretical spelling is G#, B#, D#, F#, A#, C#. This voicing omits the 5th and 9th, the tones guitarists drop first when fitting a chord onto six strings.
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