A major sharp eleventh (lydian) piano chord - Amaj9#11

The A major sharp eleventh (lydian) chord is a 6-note chord consisting of the notes A, C#, E, G#, B and D#.
You can see these notes highlighted in the interactive piano chart below.
The chord itself is often abbreviated as Amaj9#11.

Interactive piano diagram for the A major sharp eleventh (lydian) chord

Piano keyboard displaying the A major sharp eleventh (lydian) chord with the notes AFbECbBC#DbG#AbD#Eb

Reduced chords

Chords that are a subset of Amaj9#11. These contain less notes but all of them are included in Amaj9#11.

Scales with Amaj9#11

Below you find all scales that include Amaj9#11:

  • lydian
  • ichikosucho
  • messiaen's mode #3
  • chromatic

A major sharp eleventh (lydian) piano chord chart image

In case you prefer a non-interactive variant of the chord chart, we've embedded a PNG image below that shows the notes for the the Amaj9#11 chord. Feel free to save or share the image as needed.

Piano chord chart for the A major sharp eleventh (lydian) chord (Amaj9#11). The notes A, C#, E, G#, B and D# are highlighted.