What notes are in a A7#11 chord?

A7#11 is A, C#, E, G, D#: the 1, 3, 5, ♭7, ♯11 of A.

How do you play A7#11 on guitar?

6th String Root: 5 6 5 6 5 5; 5th String Root: x 0 1 0 2 0 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

Guitar chord · Dominant 7#11

A7#11 chord (A Dominant 7#11)

Dominant 7th with a raised 11th: the bright, floating dominant of the Lydian dominant sound.

Notes AC#EGD#

Formula 1 3 5 ♭7 ♯11

Shapes 2 on this page

A7#11 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, A.

6th String Root 5 6 5 6 5 5

5th String Root x 0 1 0 2 0

Interactive chord diagram

A7#11 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕

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Scales to play over A7#11

These scales start on A and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when A7#11 is the chord of the moment.

A Lydian Dominant A Half-Whole Diminished A Lydian #2 #6 A Lydian Dominant b6 A Hungarian Major A Tritone

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Questions

What notes are in a A7#11 chord?: A7#11 is A, C#, E, G, D#: the 1, 3, 5, ♭7, ♯11 of A.
How do you play A7#11 on guitar?: 6th String Root: 5 6 5 6 5 5; 5th String Root: x 0 1 0 2 0 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with A7#11?: Scales on A that contain every note of A7#11: A Lydian Dominant, A Half-Whole Diminished, A Lydian #2 #6, A Lydian Dominant b6, A Hungarian Major, A Tritone.

Dominant 7#11 chords in every key

C7#11 C#7#11 D7#11 Eb7#11 E7#11 F7#11 F#7#11 G7#11 Ab7#11 A7#11 Bb7#11 B7#11