Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A+11A Augmented 11th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Dtone

Etone

G♯tone

Btone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 7 · 2 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · E · G♯ · B

How to play it

A+11 fingering positions

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

A Augmented 11th guitar chord — Open (4 1 0 3 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 11th guitar chord — Open (4 1 2 3 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 11th guitar chord — Open (4 3 0 1 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 11th guitar chord — Open (4 3 2 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 4 0 3 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 11th guitar chord — 3rd position (4 4 6 3 5 0) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

A+11 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

A Augmented 11th guitar tab — Open (4 1 0 3 0 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 11th guitar tab — Open (4 1 2 3 0 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 11th guitar tab — Open (4 3 0 1 0 2) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 11th guitar tab — Open (4 3 2 1 0 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 4 0 3 5 6) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

A Augmented 11th guitar tab — 3rd position (4 4 6 3 5 0) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E) · Capo 1

Sound

How A+11 sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

denseunstable

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · E · G♯ · B

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5 · 7 · 2

Same notes asA+9(add11)A11♯5

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