B7♯11 guitar chord

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B Lydian dominant seventh · Open position

EADGBER3♭7♯11noteBD♯ABE♯Same note as FroleR3♭7R♯11fret21201frets 1–2C2C3C4C5

How to play B7♯11 on guitar

The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the A string at the 2nd fret, your index finger on the D string at the 1st fret, your little finger on the G string at the 2nd fret and your middle finger on the high E string at the 1st fret. Let the B string ring open. Don’t play the low E string.

From the low E string x 2 1 2 0 1 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in B7♯11?

B7♯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.

B7♯11 on other instruments

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