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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 C#4 · 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 C#4 and C5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5–1 on the left and 1–5 on the right (1 is the thumb).

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

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