5-string bass · Standard
A major added eleventh · Open position
Aadd11 5-string bass chord
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How to play Aadd11 on 5-string bass
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the B string at the 2nd fret and your middle finger on the G string at the 2nd fret. Let the A and D strings ring open. Don’t play the E string.
From the B string 2 x 0 0 2 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Aadd11?
Aadd11, A major added eleventh, is A, C♯, E and D: the root (A), the major third (C♯), the perfect fifth (E) and the eleventh (D). Its formula is 1 3 5 11.
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Major added eleventh chords in every key
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Aadd11 on other instruments
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