E minor eleventh · Open position
Em11 8-string bass chord
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How to play Em11 on 8-string bass
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the C string at the 2nd fret and your middle finger on the F string at the 2nd fret. Let the E, A, D and G strings ring open. Don’t play the F♯ and B strings.
From the F♯ string x x 0 0 0 0 2 2 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Em11?
Em11, E minor eleventh, is E, G, B, D, F♯ and A: the root (E), the minor third (G), the perfect fifth (B), the minor seventh (D), the ninth (F♯) and the eleventh (A). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 9 11.
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Em11 on other instruments
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