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B♭11 chord

B♭11 (also written A♯11) is the Bb dominant eleventh chord. It has 5 notes: B♭ – F – A♭ – C – E♭ (1 – (3) – 5 – ♭7 – 9 – 11).

A dominant eleventh stacks the ninth and eleventh on a dominant seventh, usually without the third. Gospel players often voice it as a major chord over the next bass note.

B♭11 chord on Guitar

B♭11 chord on guitar, shape 1 (x11111)
From the 1st fretx11111
B♭11 chord on guitar, shape 2 (666866)
From the 6th fret666866
B♭11 chord on guitar, shape 3 (633344)
From the 3rd fret633344
B♭11 chord on guitar, shape 4 (xx8898)
From the 8th fretxx8898

Shape 1, string by string (low E to high E): low E not played; A 1st fret; D 1st fret; G 1st fret; B 1st fret; high E 1st fret.

B♭11 chord on Ukulele

B♭11 chord on ukulele, shape 1 (3343)
From the 3rd fret3343
B♭11 chord on ukulele, shape 2 (1311)
From the 1st fret1311
B♭11 chord on ukulele, shape 3 (8868)
From the 6th fret8868
B♭11 chord on ukulele, shape 4 (10-10-11-11)
From the 10th fret10-10-11-11

Shape 1, string by string (G, C, E, A): G 3rd fret; C 3rd fret; E 4th fret; A 3rd fret.

B♭11 chord on Piano

B♭11 chord on piano: B♭, F, A♭, C, E♭

Play B♭, F, A♭, C and E♭ together with your right hand, and B♭ (the root) in your left. To move between chords smoothly, try inversions: keep the notes shared with the next chord and move the others the shortest distance.

Songs with the B♭11 chord

B♭11 appears in 2 songs on Yalle Media. The newest:

Related chords

Other Bb chords:

Chords in the key of B♭ major:

B♭11 chord: questions

What notes are in the B♭11 chord?

B♭11 (Bb dominant eleventh) is made of B♭, F, A♭, C and E♭ (1 – (3) – 5 – ♭7 – 9 – 11).

How do you play B♭11 on guitar?

The most common shape is x11111 (from the low E string to the high E string; x = don’t play, 0 = open string).

How do you play B♭11 on ukulele?

Play 3343 (strings G, C, E, A; 0 = open string).

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