C major eleventh · Open position
Cmaj11 8-string guitar chord
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How to play Cmaj11 on 8-string guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the A string at the 3rd fret and your middle finger on the D string at the 3rd fret. Let the G, high B and high E strings ring open. Don’t play the F♯, low B and low E strings.
From the F♯ string x x x 3 3 0 0 0 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Cmaj11?
Cmaj11, C major eleventh, is C, E, G, B, D and F: the root (C), the major third (E), the perfect fifth (G), the major seventh (B), the ninth (D) and the eleventh (F). Its formula is 1 3 5 7 9 11.
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Cmaj11 on other instruments
Guitar7-string guitarBass5-string bass6-string bass7-string bass8-string bassUkuleleMandolinBanjo
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