G♯ Minor Add 11
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Practice G♯ Minor Add 11
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Introduction
The G♯ Minor Add 11 chord is a four-note chord made up of G♯, B, C♯, and D♯.
Notes
Key Signature
A chord has no key signature of its own, but the G♯ Minor Add 11 is the tonic (i) chord of G# Minor, which shares the signature of its relative major, B Major — 5 sharps (F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯).
Order of sharps
Sharps are added to a key signature in a fixed order. Each new sharp key adds the next sharp on the list.
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Chords in the Key of G♯ Minor
These are the triads built on each degree of the G♯ minor scale:
G♯ Minor Add 11 — Frequently Asked Questions
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References & Further Reading
The note names, intervals, fingering, and harmony on this chord page are grounded in the following sources. Public domain treatises and scores are linked to their full text; primary data reflects piano.org's own interval-derived dataset.
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piano.org(2024)
piano.org chord note dataset — 43 chord types × 18 keys, derived from interval construction rules
Primary data
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