G maj7add11 Chord on 12-String Guitar

Play G maj7add11 on 12-String Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The G maj7add11 chord is a major extended chord that stacks ninths, elevenths, or thirteenths over a major-seventh foundation for a rich, jazzy color. It is built from the notes G, B, C, D, F#. This page shows how to play G maj7add11 on 12-String Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

There is no open-string version on 12-String Guitar: the lowest shape barres fret 10 and covers 3 frets. The E string stays silent, so 5 of 6 sound. G falls on the A string. It sounds from G3 up to D5.

12-String Guitar is strung in six courses of two, the lower four paired an octave apart, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on G or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.