Major family
C major seventh sharp eleven chord
Cmaj7♯11C major seventh sharp eleven
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 7
- ♯11
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 5
Lay your index flat across strings 4 to 3 at fret 5.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- C1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- E3
- 4
- F♯♯11
- G5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- B7
- C Root
- E Major 3rd
- G Perfect 5th
- B Major 7th
- F♯ Augmented 11th
About this chord
What is a C major seventh sharp eleven chord?
Cmaj7♯11 is built from 5 notes: C (the root), E (the 3), G (the 5), B (the 7), F♯ (the ♯11). The Lydian chord: bright, modern and slightly unresolved.
- Notes
- C · E · G · B · F♯
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · ♯11
- Also written
- CΔ7♯11 · Cmaj7♯4
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain Cmaj7♯11
Neighbours
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