Home › B chords for guitar › B9#11 Guitar Chord

B9#11 Guitar Chord

A Lydian dominant chord — a bright, open sound. Typical of modern jazz. On guitar, the fifth is often omitted as the sharp eleventh takes over its harmonic role.

Guitar

Strings X–1–0–1–1–0

How to play the B9#11 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–1–0–1–1–0 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Play open
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Play open

Notation for B9#11 chord

Other names: B 9th sharp 11

Music theory name: ninth sharp eleven chord

Common name: B 9#11 chord

Intervals and tones in B9#11 chord

Note Interval
B Root
D Major 3rd
F Perfect 5th
Ab Minor 7th
C Major 9th
E Augmented 11th

All Variations

Open
X–1–0–1–1–0
Fret 5
6–5–6–5–5–X
Fret 8
X–X–8–9–9–10
Fret 12
X–13–12–13–13–12

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using B9#11

What A Wondeful World
Luis Armstrong