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Bmaj7#5 Guitar Chord

A dreamy, mysterious chord. Typical of modern jazz — made famous by Wayne Shorter among others. Combines the ethereal major seventh with an augmented fifth.

Guitar

Strings X–2–1–3–0–3

How to play the Bmaj7#5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–2–1–3–0–3 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) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 2 · middle finger
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Open
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · pinky

Other names for the Bmaj7#5 chord

Other names: B major 7th sharp 5

Music theory name: major seventh augmented fifth chord

Common name: B major 7th sharp 5 chord

Notes and intervals in the Bmaj7#5 chord

Note Interval
B Root
D# Major 3rd
G Augmented 5th
A# Major 7th

All variations

Open
X–2–1–3–0–3
Fret 2
X–2–5–3–4–X
Fret 6
7–6–8–0–8–X
Fret 11
11–14–13–12–11–11

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys