What notes are in the A# m7add11 chord?

The A# m7add11 chord contains the notes A# · C# · E# · G# · D#: the root A# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 7m, 11P stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally A#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the A# m7add11 chord?

Measured from A#, the A# m7add11 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 7m, 11P. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the A# m7add11 chord?

On guitar the most common A# m7add11 shape is x11121, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play A#3 · C#4 · E#4 · G#4 · D#5 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

A# M7add11 Chord (A#m7add11): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	A#3 · C#4 · E#4 · G#4 · D#5
Open (drop 2)	G#3 · A#3 · C#4 · E#4 · D#5
Shell	A#3 · C#4 · G#4
Rootless	C#3 · G#3 · D#4

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Anatomy

A# m7add11 (A#m7add11) contains the notes A# · C# · E# · G# · D#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords · extensions

Inversions

An inversion of A# m7add11 puts a chord tone other than A# in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales A# m7add11 belongs to.

In which keys

A# m7add11 is diatonic to 6 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

F# majoriii7add11Tonic
D# minorv7add11Dominant
Db majorvi7add11Tonic
Bb minori7add11Tonic
Ab majorii7add11Subdominant
F minoriv7add11Subdominant

Extensions beyond the seventh count when every note sits in the key.

Scales that contain it

A# m7add11 fits inside these scales, each built on A#.

A# Minor BluesA# · C# · D# · E · E# · G#
A# MinorA# · B# · C# · D# · E# · F# · G#
A# PhrygianA# · B · C# · D# · E# · F# · G#
A# Bebop LocrianA# · B · C# · D# · E · E# · F# · G#

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with A# m7add11: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

A#7sus4A# · D# · E# · G#
A#m7A# · C# · E# · G#
A#4A# · D# · G# · C#
A#madd4A# · C# · D# · E#
A#sus4A# · D# · E#
A#mA# · C# · E#
A#5A# · E#

Richer

A#m11A# · C# · E# · G# · B# · D#

m7add11 on every root

Cm7add11 C#m7add11 Dbm7add11 Dm7add11 D#m7add11 Ebm7add11 Em7add11 Fm7add11 F#m7add11 Gm7add11 G#m7add11 Abm7add11 Am7add11 Bbm7add11 Bm7add11

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Understanding the A# m7add11 chord

Names and symbols

A#m7add11 is the chord symbol for A# m7add11; it is also written A#m7add4.

A# m7add11 and Bb m7add11 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Bb m7add11

Common questions

What notes are in the A# m7add11 chord?: The A# m7add11 chord contains the notes A# · C# · E# · G# · D#: the root A# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 7m, 11P stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally A#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the A# m7add11 chord?: Measured from A#, the A# m7add11 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 5P, 7m, 11P. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the A# m7add11 chord?: On guitar the most common A# m7add11 shape is x11121, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play A#3 · C#4 · E#4 · G#4 · D#5 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.