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Abadd11 Guitar Chord

A major chord with an added eleventh (fourth an octave up) without the seventh and ninth. Creates gentle tension between the third and eleventh. Less common than add9.

Guitar

Strings X–11–10–8–9–9

How to play the Abadd11 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–11–10–8–9–9 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) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 11 · pinky
4th string (D) Fret 10 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 8 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 9 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 9 · middle finger

Other names for the Abadd11 chord

Other names: Ab added 11th

Music theory name: added eleventh chord

Common name: Ab add11 chord

Notes and intervals in the Abadd11 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
Eb Perfect 5th
Db Perfect 11th

All variations

Fret 8
X–11–10–8–9–9
Open
4–3–1–1–2–X
Fret 3
4–3–6–6–X–X

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys