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C#11 Piano Chord

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Recommended voicing
Left hand C#3 · B3 fingers 5–1
Right hand F#4 · D#5 fingers 1–5

How to play the C#11 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play C#3 and B3 with the left hand and F#4 and D#5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5–1 on the left and 1–5 on the right (1 is the thumb). This practical voicing omits the third and perfect fifth (E# and G#) so the third does not clash with the eleventh.

Other names for the C#11 chord

Other names: C# 11th, C# eleventh

Music theory name: dominant eleventh chord

Common name: C# eleventh chord

Notes and intervals in the C#11 chord

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

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