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Guitar chord · Dominant 7#11

B7#11 chord (B Dominant 7#11)

Dominant 7th with a raised 11th: the bright, floating dominant of the Lydian dominant sound.

Notes BD#F#AE#
Formula 1 3 5 ♭7 ♯11
Shapes 2 on this page

B7#11 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, B.

6th String Root 7 8 7 8 7 7
5th String Root x 2 3 2 4 2

Interactive chord diagram

B7#11 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

Scales to play over B7#11

These scales start on B and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when B7#11 is the chord of the moment.

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Questions

What notes are in a B7#11 chord?
B7#11 is B, D#, F#, A, E#: the 1, 3, 5, ♭7, ♯11 of B.
How do you play B7#11 on guitar?
6th String Root: 7 8 7 8 7 7; 5th String Root: x 2 3 2 4 2 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with B7#11?
Scales on B that contain every note of B7#11: B Lydian Dominant, B Half-Whole Diminished, B Lydian #2 #6, B Lydian Dominant b6, B Hungarian Major, B Tritone.

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