6-string bass · Standard
E major added eleventh · Open position
Eadd11 6-string bass chord
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How to play Eadd11 on 6-string bass
The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the D string at the 2nd fret and your index finger on the G string at the 1st fret. Let the E and A strings ring open. Don’t play the B and C strings.
From the B string x 0 0 2 1 x (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Eadd11?
Eadd11, E major added eleventh, is E, G♯, B and A: the root (E), the major third (G♯), the perfect fifth (B) and the eleventh (A). Its formula is 1 3 5 11.
More E chords on 6-string bass
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Major added eleventh chords in every key
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Eadd11 on other instruments
Guitar7-string guitar8-string guitarBass5-string bass7-string bass8-string bassUkuleleMandolinBanjo
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