A9#11

Open position

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A9#11Shape 1 of 4
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A9#11 chord at a glance

A 9th sharp 11 (A9#11) is built from the notes A – B – C# – D# – E – G. Here are all 4 shapes on the neck, from the open position upwards. Numbers under each diagram are the frets from low E to high E (x = don’t play that string).

A9#11 shape 1, Open13
Shape 1 · Openx 0 1 0 2 0
A9#11 shape 2, Fret 44213114
Shape 2 · Fret 45 4 5 4 4 5
A9#11 shape 3, Fret 771234
Shape 3 · Fret 7x x 7 8 8 9
A9#11 shape 4, Fret 111121341
Shape 4 · Fret 11x 12 11 12 12 11