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Fig. 1 · F11 · moderate

guitar chord

F11

F1A3C5E♭♭7G9B♭11

Six notes in theory; in practice the third is usually dropped, because the eleventh sits a half step above it.

on ukuleleon pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

11101x

moderate · no 3

Fig. 3

111213

moderate · barre

Fig. 4

1110xx

moderate · barre · no 3, 5

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Fig. 5

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moderate · barre · no 3

Fig. 6

111313

moderate · barre · no 3

What is true of it

F11 is F, A, C, E♭, G and B♭ — 1, 3, 5, b7, 9 and 11 counted from F.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 6, the 3, 5 and 1 go first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 11101x: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

4 of the 5 need a barre.

It leaves out the 3. 6 strings cannot carry 6 notes, and the 3 is the one this chord can lose without changing what it is.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are F, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

F11/A

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second inversion

F11/C

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third inversion

F11/E♭

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An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

F in other shapes

Fadd9added ninthF9dominant ninthFmaj9major ninthFmajorFmminorFdimdiminished

C11C♯11D♭11D11D♯11E♭11E11F♯11all 374