Major family
D major seventh sharp eleven chord
Dmaj7♯11D major seventh sharp eleven
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 7
- ♯11
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 2
Lay your index flat across strings 3 to 2 at fret 2.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- D1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- F♯3
- 4
- G♯♯11
- A5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- C♯7
- D Root
- F♯ Major 3rd
- A Perfect 5th
- C♯ Major 7th
- G♯ Augmented 11th
About this chord
What is a D major seventh sharp eleven chord?
Dmaj7♯11 is built from 5 notes: D (the root), F♯ (the 3), A (the 5), C♯ (the 7), G♯ (the ♯11). The Lydian chord: bright, modern and slightly unresolved.
- Notes
- D · F♯ · A · C♯ · G♯
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · ♯11
- Also written
- DΔ7♯11 · Dmaj7♯4
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain Dmaj7♯11
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