Bmaj7#5 guitar chord

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About Bmaj7#5

Bmaj7#5 is B, D#, F## and A#. It keeps the major 3rd and 7th of , but raises the 5th one fret to the sharp 5th (F##).

The sharp 5th is the note to follow. It can rise one more fret to the 6th or fall back to the natural 5th as the harmony changes.

Keep it audible. Without the sharp 5th, the remaining notes only spell .

Also written BM7#5, BΔ7#5, B+M7 or Bmaj7(#5).

Bmaj7#5 guitar chord diagram: B, D#, G, A#, played x-14-13-12-11-11
Bmaj7#5 guitar chord voicing: x-14-13-12-11-11.

How to use Bmaj7#5

How you get to it. The turn that lands on Bmaj7#5 is to — the ii and the V of B — and shares its third and seventh with , so the hand barely moves between them.

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What to play over Bmaj7#5

Useful scales

Every scale

Chords near Bmaj7#5

Change one note

  • 2nd inversion
    2nd inversion
    G → F#

    Lower the sharp fifth to the fifth.

    See Bmaj7 chord →
  • G → F

    Replace the sharp fifth with the flat fifth.

    See Bmaj7b5 chord →
  • open strings
    open strings
    A# → A

    Lower the major seventh to the flat seventh.

    See Baug7 chord →

Major chords on every root

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Midi Settings

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