Dominant family
E dominant eleventh chord
E11E dominant eleventh
Piano root position
- Root
- 5
- ♭7
- 9
- 11
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 7
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 7.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- E1
- ♭2
- F♯9
- ♭3
- 3
- A11
- ♭5
- B5
- ♯5
- 6
- D♭7
- 7
- E Root
- B Perfect 5th
- D Minor 7th
- F♯ Major 9th
- A Perfect 11th
About this chord
What is an E dominant eleventh chord?
E11 is built from 5 notes: E (the root), B (the 5), D (the ♭7), F♯ (the 9), A (the 11). Root, fifth, flat seventh, ninth and eleventh: played without the third, which would clash with the eleventh.
- Notes
- E · B · D · F♯ · A
- Formula
- 1 · 5 · ♭7 · 9 · 11
- Also written
- Edom11
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain E11
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