Home › A Guitar Chords › Amaj11 Guitar Chord

Amaj11 Guitar Chord

A very wide, "floating" sound. On guitar, the third is commonly omitted (clashes with the eleventh) and often the fifth too. In practice, usually only 4 of the 6 notes are played.

Guitar

Strings X–0–0–1–2–0

How to play the Amaj11 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–0–1–2–0 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) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Open

Other names for the Amaj11 chord

Other names: A major 11th

Music theory name: major eleventh chord

Common name: A major eleventh chord

Notes and intervals in the Amaj11 chord

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

All variations

Open
X–0–0–1–2–0
Open
X–0–0–2–2–4
Fret 5
5–5–6–6–5–7
Fret 9
10–0–9–9–9–9

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys