A maj11 Chord on 12-String Guitar
Play A maj11 on 12-String Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The A maj11 chord is a major extended chord that stacks ninths, elevenths, or thirteenths over a major-seventh foundation for a rich, jazzy color. It is built from the notes A, B, C#, D, E, G#. This page shows how to play A maj11 on 12-String Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the A, D, B and E strings open and takes the rest at fret 1. The E string stays silent, so 5 of 6 sound. The root is the A string itself. It sounds from A2 up to E4.
12-String Guitar is strung in six courses of two, the lower four paired an octave apart, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on A or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.