Dominant family
B dominant eleventh chord
B11B dominant eleventh
Piano root position
- Root
- 5
- ♭7
- 9
- 11
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 2
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 2.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- B1
- ♭2
- C♯9
- ♭3
- 3
- E11
- ♭5
- F♯5
- ♯5
- 6
- A♭7
- 7
- B Root
- F♯ Perfect 5th
- A Minor 7th
- C♯ Major 9th
- E Perfect 11th
About this chord
What is a B dominant eleventh chord?
B11 is built from 5 notes: B (the root), F♯ (the 5), A (the ♭7), C♯ (the 9), E (the 11). Root, fifth, flat seventh, ninth and eleventh: played without the third, which would clash with the eleventh.
- Notes
- B · F♯ · A · C♯ · E
- Formula
- 1 · 5 · ♭7 · 9 · 11
- Also written
- Bdom11
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain B11
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