Dominant family
D dominant eleventh chord
D11D dominant eleventh
Piano root position
- Root
- 5
- ♭7
- 9
- 11
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 5
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 5.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- D1
- ♭2
- E9
- ♭3
- 3
- G11
- ♭5
- A5
- ♯5
- 6
- C♭7
- 7
- D Root
- A Perfect 5th
- C Minor 7th
- E Major 9th
- G Perfect 11th
About this chord
What is a D dominant eleventh chord?
D11 is built from 5 notes: D (the root), A (the 5), C (the ♭7), E (the 9), G (the 11). Root, fifth, flat seventh, ninth and eleventh: played without the third, which would clash with the eleventh.
- Notes
- D · A · C · E · G
- Formula
- 1 · 5 · ♭7 · 9 · 11
- Also written
- Ddom11
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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