Gm11 (minor eleventh)

6-note minor 11th on GG, A, A♯, C, D, F.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

A minor ninth extended to the eleventh — spacious and modal, a defining sound of Herbie-Hancock-era jazz.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1Groot
9Aninth
♭3A♯minor third
11Celeventh (perfect fourth)
5Dperfect fifth
♭7Fflat seventh (dominant)

The formula reads in semitones above the root (G): 1, 9, ♭3, 11, 5, ♭7. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 3

2341
open position
3fr111114
from fret 3
8fr21341
from fret 8

Ukulele fingerings · 4

3
open position
31
open position
3fr1341
from fret 3
5fr123
from fret 5

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other G chords

m11 (minor eleventh) chords on every root