A m(maj7)add11 Chord on Mandocello

How to play the A m(maj7)add11 chord on Mandocello: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.

The A m(maj7)add11 chord is a minor/major extended chord pairing a minor third with a natural seventh and upper tensions. It is built from the notes A, C, D, E, G#. This page shows how to play A m(maj7)add11 on Mandocello with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The shape nearest the nut leaves the C, D and A strings open and takes the rest at fret 1. The root is the A string itself. It sounds from C2 up to A3.

Mandocello is strung in four courses of two, 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.