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Ebadd11 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–X–1–0–4–4

How to play the Ebadd11 chord on guitar

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

Other names for the Ebadd11 chord

Other names: Eb added 11th

Music theory name: added eleventh chord

Common name: Eb add11 chord

Notes and intervals in the Ebadd11 chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
G Major 3rd
Bb Perfect 5th
Ab Perfect 11th

All variations

Open
X–X–1–0–4–4
Fret 3
X–6–5–3–4–4
Fret 8
11–10–8–8–9–X
Fret 10
11–10–13–13–X–X

Songs using Ebadd11