A# m(maj7)add11 Chord on Octave Mandolin

How to play the A# m(maj7)add11 chord on Octave Mandolin: 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#, F, A. This page shows how to play A# m(maj7)add11 on Octave Mandolin with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The lowest shape sits at fret 1 and spans 5 frets, with no open strings in it. A# falls on the G string. It sounds from A#2 up to A4.

Octave Mandolin 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.