Major family
G major seventh sharp eleven chord
Gmaj7♯11G major seventh sharp eleven
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 7
- ♯11
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 2
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 2.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- G1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- B3
- 4
- C♯♯11
- D5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- F♯7
- G Root
- B Major 3rd
- D Perfect 5th
- F♯ Major 7th
- C♯ Augmented 11th
About this chord
What is a G major seventh sharp eleven chord?
Gmaj7♯11 is built from 5 notes: G (the root), B (the 3), D (the 5), F♯ (the 7), C♯ (the ♯11). The Lydian chord: bright, modern and slightly unresolved.
- Notes
- G · B · D · F♯ · C♯
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · ♯11
- Also written
- GΔ7♯11 · Gmaj7♯4
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain Gmaj7♯11
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