What notes are in the C# m7add11 chord?

The C# m7add11 chord contains the notes C# · E · G# · B · F#: the root C# 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 C#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the C# m7add11 chord?

Measured from C#, the C# 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 C# m7add11 chord?

On guitar the most common C# m7add11 shape is x44100, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play C#3 · E3 · G#3 · B3 · F#4 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.

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

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	C#3 · E3 · G#3 · B3 · F#4
Open (drop 2)	B2 · C#3 · E3 · G#3 · F#4
Shell	C#3 · E3 · B3
Rootless	E3 · B3 · F#4

Tap a key or a fret to hear it.

Anatomy

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

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

Inversions

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

Where it lives

The keys and the scales C# m7add11 belongs to.

In which keys

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

A majoriii7add11Tonic
F# minorv7add11Dominant
E majorvi7add11Tonic
C# minori7add11Tonic
B majorii7add11Subdominant
G# minoriv7add11Subdominant

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

Scales that contain it

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

C# Minor BluesC# · E · F# · G · G# · B
C# MinorC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A · B
C# DorianC# · D# · E · F# · G# · A# · B
C# PhrygianC# · D · E · F# · G# · A · B
C# Dorian b2C# · D · E · F# · G# · A# · B
C# Spanish HeptatonicC# · D · E · E# · F# · G# · A · B
C# Bebop MinorC# · D# · E · E# · F# · G# · A# · B
C# Bebop LocrianC# · D · E · F# · G · G# · A · B

Related chords

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

Simpler

C#7sus4C# · F# · G# · B
C#m7C# · E · G# · B
C#4C# · F# · B · E
C#madd4C# · E · F# · G#
C#sus4C# · F# · G#
C#mC# · E · G#
C#5C# · G#

Richer

C#m11C# · E · G# · B · D# · F#

m7add11 on every root

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

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Understanding the C# m7add11 chord

Names and symbols

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

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

Common questions

What notes are in the C# m7add11 chord?: The C# m7add11 chord contains the notes C# · E · G# · B · F#: the root C# 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 C#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the C# m7add11 chord?: Measured from C#, the C# 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 C# m7add11 chord?: On guitar the most common C# m7add11 shape is x44100, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play C#3 · E3 · G#3 · B3 · F#4 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.