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Bbadd11 Piano Chord

A major chord with an added eleventh (fourth an octave up) without the seventh and ninth. Creates gentle tension between the third and eleventh. Less common than add9.

Piano

Recommended voicing
Left hand Bb2 · F3 fingers 5–1
Right hand Eb4 · D5 fingers 1–5

How to play the Bbadd11 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play Bb2 and F3 with the left hand and Eb4 and D5 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5–1 on the left and 1–5 on the right (1 is the thumb).

Other names for the Bbadd11 chord

Other names: Bb added 11th

Music theory name: added eleventh chord

Common name: Bb add11 chord

Notes and intervals in the Bbadd11 chord

Note Interval
Bb Root
D Major 3rd
F Perfect 5th
Eb Perfect 11th

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Songs using Bbadd11

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