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Dominant family

A♭ dominant eleventh chord

A♭11

A♭ dominant eleventh

Piano root position

  • Root
  • 5
  • ♭7
  • 9
  • 11

Guitar standard tuning

Barre · fret 11

Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 11.

E×ADGBe1112131415Barre at fret 11A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭

Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little

Notation treble clef

𝄞♭♭♭♭♭

Intervals

12 semitones
  1. A♭1
  2. ♭2
  3. B♭9
  4. ♭3
  5. 3
  6. D♭11
  7. ♭5
  8. E♭5
  9. ♯5
  10. 6
  11. G♭♭7
  12. 7
  • A♭ Root
  • E♭ Perfect 5th
  • G♭ Minor 7th
  • B♭ Major 9th
  • D♭ Perfect 11th

About this chord

What is an A♭ dominant eleventh chord?

A♭11 is built from 5 notes: A♭ (the root), E♭ (the 5), G♭ (the ♭7), B♭ (the 9), D♭ (the 11). Root, fifth, flat seventh, ninth and eleventh: played without the third, which would clash with the eleventh.

Notes
A♭ · E♭ · G♭ · B♭ · D♭
Formula
1 · 5 · ♭7 · 9 · 11
Also written
A♭dom11
Found in
Outside the major and minor keys

Scales that contain A♭11

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