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C#add11 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 C#3 · G#3 fingers 5–1
Right hand F#4 · E#5 fingers 1–5

How to play the C#add11 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play C#3 and G#3 with the left hand and F#4 and E#5 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 C#add11 chord

Other names: C# added 11th

Music theory name: added eleventh chord

Common name: C# add11 chord

Notes and intervals in the C#add11 chord

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

Songs using C#add11