Fmaj11 (major eleventh)

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

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
1Froot
9Gninth
3Amajor third
11A♯eleventh (perfect fourth)
5Cperfect fifth
7Emajor seventh

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

23
open position
3fr1134
from fret 3
8fr111231
from fret 8
11fr3241
from fret 11

Ukulele fingerings · 2

2431
open position
10fr2134
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 F chords

maj11 (major eleventh) chords on every root