Amaj11 guitar chord
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About Amaj11 — 11th in bass
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.
What 11th in bass means
Amaj11 in 11th in bass puts D in the bass instead of A, the 11th of the chord. The notes are the same; what changes is what the bass line does, which is most of why you would reach for it — it lets the lowest voice move by step where the root would have jumped.
One of Amaj11’s 9 shapes does this:10-0-9-9-9-9
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.
Hear it land:→→
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.
Chords near Amaj11
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The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.