Banjo · Standard
B♭ dominant eleventh · Frets 8–9
B♭11 banjo chord
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How to play B♭11 on banjo
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the four strings from the low D to the high D at the 8th fret and your middle finger on the B string at the 9th fret. Don’t play the short G string.
From the short G string x 8 8 9 8 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in B♭11?
B♭11, B♭ dominant eleventh, is B♭, D, F, A♭, C and E♭: the root (B♭), the major third (D), the perfect fifth (F), the minor seventh (A♭), the ninth (C) and the eleventh (E♭). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 9 11.
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