Major family
B♭ major seventh sharp eleven chord
B♭maj7♯11B♭ major seventh sharp eleven
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 7
- ♯11
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 3
Lay your index flat across strings 4 to 3 at fret 3.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- B♭1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- D3
- 4
- E♯11
- F5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- A7
- B♭ Root
- D Major 3rd
- F Perfect 5th
- A Major 7th
- E Augmented 11th
About this chord
What is a B♭ major seventh sharp eleven chord?
B♭maj7♯11 is built from 5 notes: B♭ (the root), D (the 3), F (the 5), A (the 7), E (the ♯11). The Lydian chord: bright, modern and slightly unresolved.
- Notes
- B♭ · D · F · A · E
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · ♯11
- Also written
- B♭Δ7♯11 · B♭maj7♯4
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain B♭maj7♯11
Neighbours
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