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Dominant family

B♭ dominant eleventh chord

B♭11

B♭ dominant eleventh

Piano root position

  • Root
  • 5
  • ♭7
  • 9
  • 11

Guitar standard tuning

Barre · fret 1

Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 1.

E×ADGBe12345Barre at fret 1B♭E♭A♭CF

Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little

Notation treble clef

𝄞♭♭♭

Intervals

12 semitones
  1. B♭1
  2. ♭2
  3. C9
  4. ♭3
  5. 3
  6. E♭11
  7. ♭5
  8. F5
  9. ♯5
  10. 6
  11. A♭♭7
  12. 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?

B♭11 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
B♭dom11
Found in
Outside the major and minor keys

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