Dmaj11 (major eleventh)

6-note major 11th on DD, E, F♯, G, A, C♯.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

A major ninth reaching to the eleventh — wide and shimmering, though the eleventh's clash with the third asks for careful voicing.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1Droot
9Eninth
3F♯major third
11Geleventh (perfect fourth)
5Aperfect fifth
7C♯major seventh

The formula reads in semitones above the root (D): 1, 9, 3, 11, 5, 7. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 4

open position
5fr111231
from fret 5
7fr3124
from fret 7
10fr112311
from fret 10

Ukulele fingerings · 3

213
open position
7fr2134
from fret 7
10fr2431
from fret 10

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other D chords

maj11 (major eleventh) chords on every root