D# maj7add11 Chord on Octave Mandolin

How to play the D# maj7add11 chord on Octave Mandolin: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.

The D# maj7add11 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 D#, G, G#, A#, D. This page shows how to play D# maj7add11 on Octave Mandolin with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The G and D strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 4 over a 3-fret stretch. D# falls on the A string. It sounds from G2 up to G#4.

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 D# 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.