Dominant family
G dominant eleventh chord
G11G dominant eleventh
Piano root position
- Root
- 5
- ♭7
- 9
- 11
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 10
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 10.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- G1
- ♭2
- A9
- ♭3
- 3
- C11
- ♭5
- D5
- ♯5
- 6
- F♭7
- 7
- G Root
- D Perfect 5th
- F Minor 7th
- A Major 9th
- C Perfect 11th
About this chord
What is a G dominant eleventh chord?
G11 is built from 5 notes: G (the root), D (the 5), F (the ♭7), A (the 9), C (the 11). Root, fifth, flat seventh, ninth and eleventh: played without the third, which would clash with the eleventh.
- Notes
- G · D · F · A · C
- Formula
- 1 · 5 · ♭7 · 9 · 11
- Also written
- Gdom11
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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