CHORD REFERENCE

B11

B – F♯ – A – C♯ – E1 5 b7 9 11

The B Dominant 11th chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
B1F♯5Ab7C♯9E11

B11 is B, F#, A, C#, E — the 1, 5, b7, 9 and 11 above the root B.

Piano
BAEF♯C♯
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eEF♯ABC♯EBBC♯EF♯ABGABC♯EF♯DEF♯ABC♯AABC♯EF♯AEEF♯ABC♯E

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AABC♯EF♯AEEF♯ABC♯ECC♯EF♯ABGABC♯EF♯

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only B, F#, A, C#, E plays the chord.

In which keys

B11 is a diatonic chord in these keys:

viD majorVE majoriiA major♭VIIC♯ minorivF♯ minoriB minor
Other B chords

Triads

BMajorBmMinorB5Power Chord (5)BdimDiminishedBaugAugmentedBsus2Suspended 2ndBsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

B6Major 6thBm6Minor 6thB7Dominant 7thBmaj7Major 7thBm7Minor 7thBm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thBdim7Diminished 7thBm7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)B7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

B7♭57♭5B7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)B7♭97♭9B7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Badd9Added 9thB6/96/9B9Dominant 9thBmaj9Major 9thBm9Minor 9thB13Dominant 13th
Dominant 11th on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭D♯EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

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