Major family
A major seventh sharp eleven chord
Amaj7♯11A major seventh sharp eleven
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 7
- ♯11
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 2
Lay your index flat across strings 4 to 3 at fret 2.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- A1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- C♯3
- 4
- D♯♯11
- E5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- G♯7
- A Root
- C♯ Major 3rd
- E Perfect 5th
- G♯ Major 7th
- D♯ Augmented 11th
About this chord
What is an A major seventh sharp eleven chord?
Amaj7♯11 is built from 5 notes: A (the root), C♯ (the 3), E (the 5), G♯ (the 7), D♯ (the ♯11). The Lydian chord: bright, modern and slightly unresolved.
- Notes
- A · C♯ · E · G♯ · D♯
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · ♯11
- Also written
- AΔ7♯11 · Amaj7♯4
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain Amaj7♯11
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