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Guitar chord · Major 7#11

Abmaj7#11 chord (Ab Major 7#11)

Major 7th with a raised 11th: dreamy and bright, from the Lydian scale.

Notes AbCEbGD
Formula 1 3 5 7 ♯11
Shapes 2 on this page

Abmaj7#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 5 5 4 4
5th String Root x 11 12 12 13 11

Interactive chord diagram

Abmaj7#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 Abmaj7#11

These scales start on Ab and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Abmaj7#11 is the chord of the moment.

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Questions

What notes are in a Abmaj7#11 chord?
Abmaj7#11 is Ab, C, Eb, G, D: the 1, 3, 5, 7, ♯11 of Ab.
How do you play Abmaj7#11 on guitar?
6th String Root: 4 5 5 5 4 4; 5th String Root: x 11 12 12 13 11 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Abmaj7#11?
Scales on Ab that contain every note of Abmaj7#11: Ab Lydian, Ab Lydian #2, Ab Lydian #2 #6.

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