E11

E1G♯3B5D♭7F♯9A11

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

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

000102

open

Fig. 3

000202

open · no 3

Fig. 4

000402

easy · no 3

Fig. 5

020202

open · no 3

Fig. 6

000470

easy · no 3

What is true of it

E11 is E, G♯, B, D, F♯ and A — 1, 3, 5, b7, 9 and 11 counted from E.

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 000102: 2 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

3 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

E11/G♯

400202

second inversion

E11/B

700470

third inversion

E11/D

xx0202

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.

E in other shapes

Eadd9added ninth E9dominant ninth Emaj9major ninth Emajor Emminor Edimdiminished

C11 C♯11 D♭11 D11 D♯11 E♭11 F11 F♯11 all 374