What notes are in a Ab7#11 chord?

Ab7#11 is Ab, C, Eb, Gb, D: the 1, 3, 5, ♭7, ♯11 of Ab.

How do you play Ab7#11 on guitar?

6th String Root: 4 5 4 5 4 4; 5th String Root: x 11 12 11 13 11 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

Guitar chord · Dominant 7#11

Ab7#11 chord (Ab Dominant 7#11)

Dominant 7th with a raised 11th: the bright, floating dominant of the Lydian dominant sound.

Notes AbCEbGbD

Formula 1 3 5 ♭7 ♯11

Shapes 2 on this page

Ab7#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, Ab.

6th String Root 4 5 4 5 4 4

5th String Root x 11 12 11 13 11

Interactive chord diagram

Ab7#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 ✕

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Scales to play over Ab7#11

These scales start on Ab and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Ab7#11 is the chord of the moment.

Ab Lydian Dominant Ab Half-Whole Diminished Ab Lydian #2 #6 Ab Lydian Dominant b6 Ab Hungarian Major Ab Tritone

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Questions

What notes are in a Ab7#11 chord?: Ab7#11 is Ab, C, Eb, Gb, D: the 1, 3, 5, ♭7, ♯11 of Ab.
How do you play Ab7#11 on guitar?: 6th String Root: 4 5 4 5 4 4; 5th String Root: x 11 12 11 13 11 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Ab7#11?: Scales on Ab that contain every note of Ab7#11: Ab Lydian Dominant, Ab Half-Whole Diminished, Ab Lydian #2 #6, Ab Lydian Dominant b6, Ab Hungarian Major, Ab Tritone.

Dominant 7#11 chords in every key

C7#11 C#7#11 D7#11 Eb7#11 E7#11 F7#11 F#7#11 G7#11 Ab7#11 A7#11 Bb7#11 B7#11