G7♯11 7-string guitar chord

How to play G7♯11 on 7-string guitar

The most common way, the first shape above: your little finger on the low E string at the 3rd fret, your middle finger on the A string at the 2nd fret, your ring finger on the high B string at the 2nd fret and your index finger on the high E string at the 1st fret. Let the D and G strings ring open. Don’t play the low B string.

From the low B string x 3 2 0 0 2 1 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in G7♯11?

G7♯11, G Lydian dominant seventh, is G, B, D, F and C♯: the root (G), the major third (B), the perfect fifth (D), the minor seventh (F) and the sharp eleventh (C♯). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♯11.