Lifetime Struggle With The Dreaded 7#11 Chord
I don't have fat fingers but try as I might, I just cannot seem to consistently play a nice sounding 7#11 chord much less make a smooth transition to it in a chord melody arrangement.
The 7#11 chord I am referring to is voiced X87887 (F7#11 in this example). The best I've come up with is leaving out the 3rd (A in this example) which is an OK but not great solution. Works as long as the 'A' is not the melody note. Any suggestions or workarounds are welcome! |
You are playing a G on the second string which does not fit the chord name. Why not just mute that string with the finger on the third string. That's an easy shape to finger. Unless you really want an F9#11 of course.
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Found a few different voicings for the F7#11 chord here along with pics of how to finger them. That fingering is indeed an F9#11.
http://chord-c.com/guitar-chord/F/do...harp-eleventh/ |
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If you like this fingering X87887 (regardless of the chord name) try a full barre (or at least five strings) of the seventh fret and lay the 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers down for the remaining notes. As you are moving to the chord from another location pre bunch your fingers in the correct shape.
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Your shape is always my favoured one for 7#11 (9#11) chords, but I would either omit the root (if there's a bassist you don't need it) - play top 4 strings only - or if I really want the full version (with 5th too!) wrap my thumb over to fret both bottom strings: -7- = #11 = middle -8- = 9 = pinky -8- = b7 = ring -7- = 3 = index -8- = R = thumb -8- = 5 = thumb That's a nice rich sound, and I find it a little easier than the barre method described above - but YMMV. (And I wouldn't be going for that in an uptempo tune with fast changes...;)) Here's an easy alternative with root, and no 5th or 9th: -7- -6- -8- -7- --- --- (but I think 9th in place of root sounds better) F9#11 with root on 6th: ---- -12- -12- -13- -12- -13- (maybe a squeeze for F9#11, but OK for others lower on neck) |
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Thanks for the helpful input. You must have some fairly large mitts to pull off the double-string thumb cover. |
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It would be a struggle on a classical neck, admittedly, and is not exactly comfortable on my Guild F30; and only a little easier on my Tele. That's why I said it's not a shape I'd be going for when speed was an issue ;). |
Here's a fingering for F7#11 that's not too bad...
--8------------ C = 5th --10----------- A = 3rd --8------------ Eb = b7th --9------------ B = #11 --8------------ F = root/1st --------------- or with the 9th.... --8------------ C = 5th --8------------ G = 9th --8------------ Eb = b7th --9------------ B = #11 --8------------ F = root/1st --------------- |
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To quote a friend of mine from the local sheriff's department "Speed is always an issue…" |
One more fingering that's not too hard...
C7#11 --------------- --7------------ F# = #11 --7------------ D = 9th --8------------ Bb = b7th --------------- --8------------ C = Root/1st = root/1st or --------------- --7------------ F# = #11 --7------------ D = 9th --8------------ Bb = b7th --7------------ E = 3rd --8------------ C = Root/1st = root/1st |
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