Featured Guitar Chord

Some of the most interesting chords on the guitar contain at least one open string. Here is an Am11 chord (A minor 11). The root of the chord (A) is the open 5th string. You can just think of this chord as a fancy Am. The "11" comes from the D note on the 2nd string which is 11 steps above the root in an A minor scale.

A minor scale

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  A  B  C  D 
1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11

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