What notes are in the G# m7add11 chord?

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

What intervals make up the G# m7add11 chord?

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

On guitar the most common G# m7add11 shape is 444444, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · B3 · D#4 · F#4 · C#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.

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

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	G#3 · B3 · D#4 · F#4 · C#5
Open (drop 2)	F#3 · G#3 · B3 · D#4 · C#5
Shell	G#3 · B3 · F#4
Rootless	B3 · F#4 · C#5

Tap a key or a fret to hear it.

Anatomy

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

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

Inversions

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

Where it lives

The keys and the scales G# m7add11 belongs to.

In which keys

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

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

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

Scales that contain it

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

G# Minor BluesG# · B · C# · D · D# · F#
G# MinorG# · A# · B · C# · D# · E · F#
G# DorianG# · A# · B · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# PhrygianG# · A · B · C# · D# · E · F#
G# Dorian b2G# · A · B · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# Spanish HeptatonicG# · A · B · B# · C# · D# · E · F#
G# Bebop MinorG# · A# · B · B# · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# Bebop LocrianG# · A · B · C# · D · D# · E · F#

Related chords

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

Simpler

G#7sus4G# · C# · D# · F#
G#m7G# · B · D# · F#
G#4G# · C# · F# · B
G#madd4G# · B · C# · D#
G#sus4G# · C# · D#
G#mG# · B · D#
G#5G# · D#

Richer

G#m11G# · B · D# · F# · A# · C#

m7add11 on every root

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

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Understanding the G# m7add11 chord

Names and symbols

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

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

Common questions

What notes are in the G# m7add11 chord?: The G# m7add11 chord contains the notes G# · B · D# · F# · C#: the root G# 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 G#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the G# m7add11 chord?: Measured from G#, the G# 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 G# m7add11 chord?: On guitar the most common G# m7add11 shape is 444444, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · B3 · D#4 · F#4 · C#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.