C7♯11 7-string guitar chord

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7-string · Standard

C Lydian dominant seventh · Open position

BEADGBER♭73R♯11noteCB♭EGCF♯roleR♭735R♯11fret112012frets 1–2C1C2C3C4C5C6

How to play C7♯11 on 7-string guitar

The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the three strings from the low B to the A at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the D string at the 2nd fret, your middle finger on the high B string at the 1st fret and your little finger on the high E string at the 2nd fret. Let the G string ring open. Don’t play the low E string.

From the low B string 1 x 1 2 0 1 2 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in C7♯11?

C7♯11, C Lydian dominant seventh, is C, E, G, B♭ and F♯: the root (C), the major third (E), the perfect fifth (G), the minor seventh (B♭) and the sharp eleventh (F♯). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♯11.

C7♯11 on other instruments

Guitar8-string guitarBass5-string bass6-string bass7-string bass8-string bassUkuleleMandolinBanjo

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