Eb Add11 (Ebadd11)

Also written as D# Add11 (D# and Eb are the same key).

Download MIDI
1+3+5+11
GD#A#G#
4 4

Notes in Eb Add11

D# (root)GA#G#

Inversions

Same notes as Eb Add11, with a different chord tone as the lowest note. Useful for smoother movement between chords instead of jumping around the keyboard.

Root position

D# in the bass

GD#A#G#

1st inversion

G in the bass (Ebadd11/G)

GA#G#D#

2nd inversion

A# in the bass (Ebadd11/A#)

GA#G#D#

3rd inversion

G# in the bass (Ebadd11/G#)

GG#D#A#

Open voicings

A close-position chord like Eb Add11 can sound cluttered in the middle of the keyboard. Jazz players open it up by dropping one note down an octave, spreading the same notes wider without changing the chord.

Drop 2

A# on the bottom

GA#D#G#

Drop 3

G on the bottom

GD#A#G#

Eb Add11 is built from D#, G, A# and G#.

A major triad with an eleventh added and no seventh underneath. The eleventh is the same note as the fourth an octave up, so it adds a gentle rub without the stronger pull of a sus4. Worship piano and modern pop use it as a slightly richer way to play a plain major chord.

Difficulty: Intermediate. Category: Extended chords. Click any highlighted key on the diagram above, or tab to it and press Enter, to hear that single note. Inversions mark the bass note with a contrasting outline.