C11 4 STRING GROUPS NO OPEN STRINGS The C11 chords are very problematic indeed. I have so rarely come across a mi11 that was not identical to the dom 11 that I am inclined to view them interchangeably. I can’t deny that annoys me, and always has. The frequent approach to voicing the 11th chords on the guitar is to superimpose the interval on the third of the chord. Since the third is now elided, it will appear in neither the minor nor the dominant 11. We’ll do that in the first set of tables. To further complicate matters, most voicings of the eleventh interval tend to elide the ninth. Thus, in most cases, when a chart indicates an eleventh, the standard voicing system we use, which will involve the root, fifth, seventh, and eleventh, will prove identical. This will be the set of elevenths I will present first. However, there are other approaches to treating this chart indication. We can also superimpose the eleventh on our four voice ninth chords. Here again, since the eleventh will replace the third, we have identical tools again. It is worth being aware that the third may be voiced somewhere in an arrangement, so check the orchestration. I might also add that most of the eleventh forms that come into practical use for the guitarist, will not really be found in this four voice framework. Nevertheless, I find them worthy of study because they can trigger original ideas on your part, since you will be sxaming your opportunities on a systematic basis. I suppose the above remark is pedagogese for the notion that as we hit the limit of the interval system, the practitioners are increasingly on their own, and must employ their own judgment. In other words, make sure it sounds good within a piece as a whole. E-D-G-B [E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E] * * * * C * * * * * * * G * F Bb * * * * * * * * * * G C * * Bb * * * F * * * * * * * C * Bb * G * * * * * * * * * * F * * * * * * * * * * * * * * D-G-B-E [E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E] * * * * C * * * * * * * * * F Bb * G * * * * * * * * G C * * * * * * F Bb * * * * * * * * Bb * G C * * * * * * * * * F * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A-D-G-B [E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E] * * * * * * * * * * * * * C * Bb * * * * * * * * * * G C * * * * * * F * * * * * * * * F Bb * G * * * * * * * * G C F * * * * * * Bb * * * * * * * E-A-D-G [E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E] * * * * * * * * * * * * G C F Bb * * * * * * * * * * G C * * Bb * * * * * * * * * * * C F Bb * * * * * * * * * * G * F * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A-G-B-E [E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E] * * * * * * * * * * * * * C * Bb * G * * * * * * * * * C * * * * * * F Bb * * * * * * * F * * G C * * * * * * * G * F * * * * * * Bb * * * * * * *