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Abadd11 Piano 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.

Piano

Recommended voicing
Left hand Ab2 · Eb3 fingers 5–1
Right hand Db4 · C5 fingers 1–5

How to play the Abadd11 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play Ab2 and Eb3 with the left hand and Db4 and C5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5–1 on the left and 1–5 on the right (1 is the thumb).

Other names for the Abadd11 chord

Other names: Ab added 11th

Music theory name: added eleventh chord

Common name: Ab add11 chord

Notes and intervals in the Abadd11 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
Eb Perfect 5th
Db Perfect 11th