6-string bass · Standard
C major added eleventh · Open position
Cadd11 6-string bass chord
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How to play Cadd11 on 6-string bass
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the A string at the 3rd fret and your middle finger on the D string at the 3rd fret. Let the E, G and C strings ring open. Don’t play the B string.
From the B string x 0 3 3 0 0 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Cadd11?
Cadd11, C major added eleventh, is C, E, G and F: the root (C), the major third (E), the perfect fifth (G) and the eleventh (F). Its formula is 1 3 5 11.
More C chords on 6-string bass
CbrightCmsadC7the pullCmaj7dreamyCm7mellowCsus2openCsus4openCadd9sweetCdimthe edgeCauguneasyC6sweetCm6bittersweetC9the pullC7sus4openC5rawCm7♭5the edgeCdim7the edgeEvery C chord ›
Major added eleventh chords in every key
D♭add11sweetDadd11sweetE♭add11sweetEadd11sweetFadd11sweetF♯add11sweetGadd11sweetA♭add11sweetAadd11sweetB♭add11sweetBadd11sweet
Cadd11 on other instruments
Guitar7-string guitar8-string guitarBass5-string bass7-string bass8-string bassUkuleleMandolinBanjo
Also for 6-string bass
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