Chord

D Major 7 #11

  • Dmaj7#11
  • DM7#11
  • Dmajor7#11
  • Dlyd
  • Dlydian
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
DM3F#2G#m2AM3C#
Extends
D Major 7

D Major 7 #11, written Dmaj7#11, is built from D, F#, G#, A and C#: the root, major 3rd, sharp 11th, 5th and major 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, F# and C#, 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

    D Lydian

Voicings All 6