Chord

B Major 7 #11

  • Bmaj7#11
  • BM7#11
  • Bmajor7#11
  • Blyd
  • Blydian
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
BM3D#2E#m2F#M3A#
Extends
B Major 7

B Major 7 #11, written Bmaj7#11, is built from B, D#, E#, F# and A#: the root, major 3rd, sharp 11th, 5th and major 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, D# and A#, 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

    B Lydian

Voicings All 6