Guitar UpscaleAdd11 Chord on guitar
An add11 chord adds the eleventh to a major triad, an open chord with a gentle clash.
| Written as | Cadd11 |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 3 5 11 |
| Notes in C | C E G F |
| Semitones from the root | 0, 4, 7, 17 |
About the Add11 Chord
Cadd11 is C, E, G and F.
The 11th sits close to the 3rd, so voicings that spread them apart sound best.
Folk and indie guitarists find it with open strings ringing over a moving shape.
Intervals
- 1: Root, 0 semitones above the root
- 3: Major 3rd, 4 semitones above the root
- 5: Perfect 5th, 7 semitones above the root
- 11: 11th, 17 semitones above the root
Add11 Chord charts in all 12 keys
Each chart shows the strings from the thick low E on the left to the thin high e on the right. Numbers in the dots are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little, T thumb. × marks a muted string and ○ an open one. A bar across strings is a barre.
Cadd11: C E G F
Gadd11: G B D C
Dadd11: D F# A G
Aadd11: A C# E D
Eadd11: E G# B A
Badd11: B D# F# E
F#add11: F# A# C# B
Dbadd11: Db F Ab Gb
Abadd11: Ab C Eb Db
Ebadd11: Eb G Bb Ab
Bbadd11: Bb D F Eb
Fadd11: F A C Bb
Scales to play over Cadd11
Each of these scales, started on C, holds every note of the chord:
- C Major Scale (Ionian)
- C Harmonic Major
- C Mixolydian Mode
- C Phrygian Dominant (Hijaz, Ahava Rabbah)
- C Ichikosucho
- C Taishikicho
- C Byzantine (Double Harmonic Major)
- C Hindu (Mixolydian b6)
- C Moorish Phrygian
- C Blues Scale with Both Thirds
- C Chromatic Blues Scale
- C Mixo-Blues Scale
- C Bebop Major
- C Bebop Minor (Bebop Dorian)
- C Bebop Dominant