E9#11

Open position

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E9#11Shape 1 of 4
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E9#11 chord at a glance

E 9th sharp 11 (E9#11) is built from the notes E – F# – G# – A# – B – D. Here are all 4 shapes on the neck, from the open position upwards. Numbers under each diagram are the frets from low E to high E (x = don’t play that string).

E9#11 shape 1, Open12
Shape 1 · Open0 1 0 1 0 0
E9#11 shape 2, Fret 333142
Shape 2 · Fret 30 5 0 3 5 4
E9#11 shape 3, Fret 6621341
Shape 3 · Fret 6x 7 6 7 7 6
E9#11 shape 4, Fret 1111213114
Shape 4 · Fret 1112 11 12 11 11 12