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Cadd11 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 C3 · G3 fingers 5–1
Right hand F4 · E5 fingers 1–5

How to play the Cadd11 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play C3 and G3 with the left hand and F4 and E5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5–1 on the left and 1–5 on the right (1 is the thumb).

Notation for Cadd11 chord

Other names: C added 11th, C add11

Music theory name: added eleventh chord

Common name: C add11 chord

Intervals and tones in Cadd11 chord

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

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Cadd11

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