Guitar UpscaleMinor 11th Chord (m11) on guitar
A minor 11th chord stacks the ninth and eleventh on a minor 7th chord, an open, modern minor sound.
| Written as | Cm11 |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 b3 5 b7 9 11 |
| Notes in Cm11 | C Eb G Bb D F |
| Semitones from the root | 0, 3, 7, 10, 14, 17 |
About the Minor 11th Chord
Am11 is A, C, E, G, B and D.
On a minor chord the 11th doesn't clash, so the chord sounds airy and wide. Fusion and modal jazz use it a lot.
Stacked 4ths on guitar give a great m11 sound with few fingers.
Intervals
- 1: Root, 0 semitones above the root
- b3: Minor 3rd, 3 semitones above the root
- 5: Perfect 5th, 7 semitones above the root
- b7: Minor 7th, 10 semitones above the root
- 9: 9th, 14 semitones above the root
- 11: 11th, 17 semitones above the root
Minor 11th Chord charts in all 12 keys
Each chart shows the strings from the thick low E on the left to the thin high e on the right. Numbers in the dots are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little, T thumb. × marks a muted string and ○ an open one. A bar across strings is a barre.
Cm11: C Eb G Bb D F
Gm11: G Bb D F A C
Dm11: D F A C E G
Am11: A C E G B D
Em11: E G B D F# A
Bm11: B D F# A C# E
F#m11: F# A C# E G# B
C#m11: C# E G# B D# F#
G#m11: G# B D# F# A# C#
Ebm11: Eb Gb Bb Db F Ab
Bbm11: Bb Db F Ab C Eb
Fm11: F Ab C Eb G Bb
Scales to play over Cm11
Each of these scales, started on the root of Cm11, holds every note of the chord:
- C Natural Minor scale
- C Harmonic Minor Bebop scale
- C Harmonic Minor Bebop with a Raised Fourth scale
- C Dorian Mode
- C Aeolian + Phrygian scale
- C Aeolian + Dorian scale
- C Adonai Malakh scale
- C Bebop Minor scale
- C Ten Tone Dominant scale
- C Ten Tone Harmonic scale
- C Ten Tone Minor scale