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C#add11 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–4–3–1–2–2

How to play the C#add11 chord on guitar

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

Notation for C#add11 chord

Other names: C# added 11th, C# add11

Music theory name: added eleventh chord

Common name: C# add11 chord

Intervals and tones in C#add11 chord

Note Interval
C# Root
F Major 3rd
Ab Perfect 5th
F# Perfect 11th

All Variations

Open
X–4–3–1–2–2
Fret 6
9–8–6–6–7–X
Fret 8
9–8–11–11–X–X

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using C#add11

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