Aadd11 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–0–7–7–10–9

How to play the Aadd11 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–7–7–10–9 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) Open

4th string (D) Fret 7 · index finger

3rd string (G) Fret 7 · index finger

2nd string (B) Fret 10 · pinky

1st string (high E) Fret 9 · ring finger