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Ab11 Guitar Chord

A wide, open sound. On guitar, the third is almost always omitted in practice as it clashes with the eleventh (a semitone apart). The fifth is also commonly omitted.

Guitar

Strings 4–4–4–5–4–4

How to play the Ab11 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 4–4–4–5–4–4 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Fret 4 · index finger
5th string (A) Fret 4 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 4 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 5 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 4 · index finger

Other names for the Ab11 chord

Other names: Ab 11th, Ab eleventh

Music theory name: dominant eleventh chord

Common name: Ab eleventh chord

Notes and intervals in the Ab11 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
Eb Perfect 5th
Gb Minor 7th
Bb Major 9th
Db Perfect 11th

All variations

Fret 4
4–4–4–5–4–4
Fret 6
6–6–6–6–7–8
Fret 9
X–11–10–11–9–9
Fret 11
X–11–11–11–13–11

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys