B♭7♯11 8-string guitar chord

Play it on
What it is
Root
Notes
1 result

Best match1Exact match

Chord

8-string · Standard

B♭ Lydian dominant seventh · Open position

F♯BEADGBER5♭73noteB♭FA♭DEroleR5♭73♯11fret13130frets 1–3C1C2C3C4C5C6

How to play B♭7♯11 on 8-string guitar

The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the A string at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the D string at the 3rd fret, your middle finger on the G string at the 1st fret and your little finger on the high B string at the 3rd fret. Let the high E string ring open. Don’t play the F♯, low B and low E strings.

From the F♯ string x x x 1 3 1 3 0 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in B♭7♯11?

B♭7♯11, B♭ Lydian dominant seventh, is B♭, D, F, A♭ and E: the root (B♭), the major third (D), the perfect fifth (F), the minor seventh (A♭) and the sharp eleventh (E). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♯11.

B♭7♯11 on other instruments

Guitar7-string guitarBass5-string bass6-string bass7-string bass8-string bassUkuleleMandolinBanjo

Also for 8-string guitar

Every 8-string guitar chord, in the Library8-string guitar tunerChord chart maker