Standard
C dominant seventh added eleventh · Frets 1–3
C7(add11) guitar chord
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How to play C7(add11) on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the two strings from the B to the high E at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 3rd fret, your middle finger on the D string at the 2nd fret and your little finger on the G string at the 3rd fret. Don’t play the low E string.
From the low E string x 3 2 3 1 1 (x: not played, 0: open)
An easier C7(add11)
The full shape is a barre chord, hard at first. This one needs no full barre and sounds much the same: your ring finger on the A string at the 3rd fret, your ring finger on the D string at the 3rd fret, your ring finger on the G string at the 3rd fret and your index finger on the B string at the 1st fret. Let the high E string ring open. Don’t play the low E string.
x 3 3 3 1 0
C7(add11), the easier shape
StandardOpen position · 5 strings
What notes are in C7(add11)?
C7(add11), C dominant seventh added eleventh, is C, E, G, B♭ and F: the root (C), the major third (E), the perfect fifth (G), the minor seventh (B♭) and the eleventh (F). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 11.
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C7(add11) on other instruments
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