8-string bass · Standard
E major eleventh · Open position
Emaj11 8-string bass chord
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How to play Emaj11 on 8-string bass
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the D string at the 1st fret and your middle finger on the G string at the 1st fret. Let the E and A strings ring open. Don’t play the F♯, B, C and F strings.
From the F♯ string x x 0 0 1 1 x x (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Emaj11?
Emaj11, E major eleventh, is E, G♯, B, D♯, F♯ and A: the root (E), the major third (G♯), the perfect fifth (B), the major seventh (D♯), the ninth (F♯) and the eleventh (A). Its formula is 1 3 5 7 9 11.
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Emaj11 on other instruments
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