Voicing of B Major 7 #11

Guide Tones II

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B2
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A#3D#4
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The Guide Tones II voicing of Bmaj7#11 stacks A# and D# from the bottom up: the major 7th and major 3rd of the chord. It leaves out the root, B, for the left hand or the bass player to take.

It's one of the Guide Tones voicings: just the 3rd and 7th, the notes that define each chord, played over the root. The other for Bmaj7#11 is Guide Tones I.