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A11 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 X–0–0–0–2–0

How to play the A11 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–0–0–2–0 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) Open
4th string (D) Open
3rd string (G) Open
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Open

Other names for the A11 chord

Other names: A 11th, A eleventh

Music theory name: dominant eleventh chord

Common name: A eleventh chord

Notes and intervals in the A11 chord

Note Interval
A Root
C# Major 3rd
E Perfect 5th
G Minor 7th
B Major 9th
D Perfect 11th

All variations

Open
X–0–0–0–2–0
Fret 3
5–4–0–0–0–3
Fret 5
5–5–5–6–5–5
Fret 7
7–7–7–7–8–9

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using A11

Pink Moon
Nick Drake