Easy Ways To Play The C#m11 Guitar Chord
Welcome to our tutorial on the C# m11 chord. This chord, belonging to the Minor Chords family, is a rich and complex tonal texture that can add depth and nuance to your guitar playing. The notes that compose this chord are C#, E, G#, B, D#, and F#, and the intervals that build it are 1, b3, 5, b7, 9, and 11.
The C# m11 chord is built by stacking intervals, a technique that you can learn more about in our tutorial on building chords. The complete names of the music intervals in this chord are: Root (1), Minor Third (b3), Perfect Fifth (5), Minor Seventh (b7), Major Ninth (9), and Perfect Eleventh (11).
Understanding the fretboard intervals is crucial to mastering the C# m11 chord and other complex chords. This knowledge will also help you in denoting chords, a topic we cover in our tutorial on chord notation.
This tutorial will guide you through the process of playing the C# m11 chord, using chord diagrams and fretboard patterns to visually represent the tones composing the chord. If you're interested in learning more about different types of chords, check out our comprehensive guitar chord tutorial.
As an intermediate to advanced chord, the C# m11 can be a powerful addition to your repertoire. Be sure to explore our other intermediate guitar chord tutorials to continue expanding your musical horizons.
C# m11 chord Notes:
C#EG#BD#F#
How the Minor Eleventh chord is built:
Guitar Patterns for the C#m11 chord
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You can also use this accessible chords page with written diagrams instruction.
Position 1
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Position 2
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Position 3
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Position 4
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Position 5
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Position 6
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Position 7
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Play This Chord With Other Roots
C m11 | D m11 | E m11 | F m11 | G m11 | A m11 | B m11 | C#m11 | D#m11 | F#m11 | G#m11 | A#m11 | Abm11 | Bbm11 | Dbm11 | Ebm11 | Gbm11
Complete Fretboard Map of C# m11 chord tones
You can create any fingering you like on any part of the fretboard, just play some of the chord tones shown in the map below. Some shapes will sound good, some less, let your ears decide!