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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 · Ab3 fingers 5–1
Right hand F#4 · F5 fingers 1–5

How to play the C#add11 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play C#3 and Ab3 with the left hand and F#4 and F5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5–1 on the left and 1–5 on the right (1 is the thumb).

Notation for C#add11 chord

Other names: C# added 11th, C# add11

Music theory name: added eleventh chord

Common name: C# add11 chord

Intervals and tones in C#add11 chord

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

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Songs using C#add11

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