Amaj11 guitar chord

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About Amaj11

Amaj11 is A, C#, E, G#, B and D. Its natural is the same note name as the 4th, while the major 3rd remains.

In a close voicing, sits one fret above . A sharp 11th raises that note one more fret; Amaj11 calls for the natural 11th.

Let both notes sound only when you want that close interval heard. For the sharp 11th instead, played without a 5th, the chord is .

Also written AM11, AΔ11 or A major 11.

Amaj11 guitar chord diagram: A, C#, E, G#, B, D, played x00120
Amaj11 guitar chord voicing: x-0-0-1-2-0.

How to use Amaj11

How you get to it. The turn that lands on Amaj11 is to — the ii and the V of A — and shares its third and seventh with , so the hand barely moves between them.

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In which keys. Every note of Amaj11 belongs to F# minor (the ♭III) and A major (the I, the tonic).

What to play over Amaj11

Useful scales

  • +F#

    Contains Amaj11 and adds thirteenth.

Every scale

Chords near Amaj11

Change one note

  • open strings
    open strings
    C# → C

    Lower the major third to the minor third.

    See AmMaj11 chord →

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