Chord

Bb Major 7 #11

  • Bbmaj7#11
  • BbM7#11
  • Bbmajor7#11
  • Bblyd
  • Bblydian
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
BbM3D2Em2FM3A
Extends
Bb Major 7

Bb Major 7 #11, written Bbmaj7#11, is built from Bb, 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

    Bb Lydian

Voicings All 6