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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) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 11 · little finger
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

Notation for Abadd11 chord

Other names: Ab added 11th, Ab add11

Music theory name: added eleventh chord

Common name: Ab add11 chord

Intervals and tones in Abadd11 chord

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