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Eadd11 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 E2 · B2 fingers 5–1
Right hand A3 · Ab4 fingers 1–5

How to play the Eadd11 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play E2 and B2 with the left hand and A3 and Ab4 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5–1 on the left and 1–5 on the right (1 is the thumb).

Notation for Eadd11 chord

Other names: E added 11th, E add11

Music theory name: added eleventh chord

Common name: E add11 chord

Intervals and tones in Eadd11 chord

Note Interval
E Root
Ab Major 3rd
H Perfect 5th
A Perfect 11th

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The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Eadd11

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