Major family
B major seventh sharp eleven chord
Bmaj7♯11B major seventh sharp eleven
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 7
- ♯11
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 4
Lay your index flat across strings 4 to 3 at fret 4.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- B1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- D♯3
- 4
- E♯♯11
- F♯5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- A♯7
- 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?
Bmaj7♯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
- BΔ7♯11 · Bmaj7♯4
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain Bmaj7♯11
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