CHORD REFERENCE

C11

C – G – B♭ – D – F1 5 b7 9 11

The C Dominant 11th chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
C1G5B♭b7D9F11

C11 is C, G, Bb, D, F — the 1, 5, b7, 9 and 11 above the root C.

Piano
CGDFB♭
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eFGB♭CDBCDFGB♭GGB♭CDFGDDFGB♭CDAB♭CDFGEFGB♭CD

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AB♭CDFGEFGB♭CDCCDFGB♭CGGB♭CDFG

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only C, G, Bb, D, F plays the chord.

In which keys

C11 is a diatonic chord in these keys:

viE♭ majorVF majoriiB♭ majoriC minor♭VIID minorivG minor
Other C chords

Triads

CMajorCmMinorC5Power Chord (5)CdimDiminishedCaugAugmentedCsus2Suspended 2ndCsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

C6Major 6thCm6Minor 6thC7Dominant 7thCmaj7Major 7thCm7Minor 7thCm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thCdim7Diminished 7thCm7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)C7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

C7♭57♭5C7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)C7♭97♭9C7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Cadd9Added 9thC6/96/9C9Dominant 9thCmaj9Major 9thCm9Minor 9thC13Dominant 13th
Dominant 11th on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

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