Emaj11 (major eleventh)

6-note major 11th on EE, F♯, G♯, A, B, D♯.

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
1Eroot
9F♯ninth
3G♯major third
11Aeleventh (perfect fourth)
5Bperfect fifth
7D♯major seventh

The formula reads in semitones above the root (E): 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

12
open position
4fr3112
from fret 4
7fr111231
from fret 7
9fr31124
from fret 9

Ukulele fingerings · 2

132
open position
9fr2134
from fret 9

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 E chords

maj11 (major eleventh) chords on every root