A 11 Chord on 7-String Guitar

Play A 11 on 7-String Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The A 11 chord is an extended or altered dominant that stacks ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, or chromatic tensions over a dominant-seventh core. It is built from the notes A, B, C#, D, E, G. This page shows how to play A 11 on 7-String Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

A 11 rings entirely on open strings here — nothing to stop at all. The B and E strings stay silent, so 5 of 7 sound. The root is the A string itself. It sounds from A2 up to E4.

7-String Guitar is tuned B–E–A–D–G–B–E, with 15 frets to work with.

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.