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Hadd11 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 B2 · F#3 fingers 5–1
Right hand E4 · Eb5 fingers 1–5

How to play the Hadd11 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play B2 and F#3 with the left hand and E4 and Eb5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5–1 on the left and 1–5 on the right (1 is the thumb).

Notation for Hadd11 chord

Other names: H added 11th, H add11

Music theory name: added eleventh chord

Common name: H add11 chord

Intervals and tones in Hadd11 chord

Note Interval
H Root
Eb Major 3rd
F# Perfect 5th
E Perfect 11th

Songs using Hadd11