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Guitar chord · Major 7#11

Amaj7#11 chord (A Major 7#11)

Major 7th with a raised 11th: dreamy and bright, from the Lydian scale.

Notes AC#EG#D#
Formula 1 3 5 7 ♯11
Shapes 2 on this page

Amaj7#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 6 6 5 5
5th String Root x 0 1 1 2 0

Interactive chord diagram

Amaj7#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 ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

Scales to play over Amaj7#11

These scales start on A and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Amaj7#11 is the chord of the moment.

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Questions

What notes are in a Amaj7#11 chord?
Amaj7#11 is A, C#, E, G#, D#: the 1, 3, 5, 7, ♯11 of A.
How do you play Amaj7#11 on guitar?
6th String Root: 5 6 6 6 5 5; 5th String Root: x 0 1 1 2 0 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Amaj7#11?
Scales on A that contain every note of Amaj7#11: A Lydian, A Lydian #2, A Lydian #2 #6.

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