Chord

E Major 7 #11

  • Emaj7#11
  • EM7#11
  • Emajor7#11
  • Elyd
  • Elydian
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
EM3G#2A#m2BM3D#
Extends
E Major 7

E Major 7 #11, written Emaj7#11, is built from E, G#, A#, B and D#: the root, major 3rd, sharp 11th, 5th and major 7th.

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

    E Lydian

Voicings All 6