Chord

Major 7 #11

  • maj7#11
  • M7#11
  • major7#11
  • lyd
  • lydian
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
CM3E2F#m2GM3B
Extends
Major 7

C Major 7 #11, written Cmaj7#11, is built from C, E, F#, G and B: the root, major 3rd, sharp 11th, 5th and major 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, E and B, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Major

    C Lydian

Voicings All 6