Welcome back to the music theory series. Today we’re looking at the major 11th chord. It’s a really colorful chord and is often found in jazz music. So what does the chord look like? First let’s take a look at the C Major scale on the treble staff and the piano keyboard…

The C Major 11th Chord is based on the following notes of this scale… C E G B D F. That’s the 1 3 5 7 9 11 degrees of the scale. Let’s see what that looks like on the treble staff and keyboard…

You can create any major 11th chord on any major scale. Until next time practice building and playing your Major 11 chords.