BmMaj11 guitar chord

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About BmMaj11

BmMaj11 is B, D, F#, A#, C# and E. It keeps every note of and adds the .

Keep the minor 3rd, major 7th, and 11th audible. On guitar, root and 5th can be left out to make room for those notes.

Also written BmM11 or Bm(maj11).

BmMaj11 guitar chord diagram: B, D, F#, A#, C#, E, played x20320
BmMaj11 guitar chord voicing: x-2-0-3-2-0.

How to use BmMaj11

How you get to it. The turn that lands on BmMaj11 is to : the ii and the V of B minor, which is where a minor tonic is usually arrived at rather than simply begun on.

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What to play over BmMaj11

Useful scales

Every scale

Chords near BmMaj11

Remove a note

Change one note

  • D → D#

    Raise the minor third to the major third.

    See Bmaj11 chord →
  • open strings
    open strings
    A# → A

    Lower the major seventh to the flat seventh.

    See Bm11 chord →

Minor chords on every root

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.

Midi Settings

7.5
Play Style
One pass of the pick from the lowest string up, everything left ringing.
Instrument
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Style

Shows each chord the way this style would voice it, and marks which of its alternatives belong to the idiom.

Layout

Left Handed Mode