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Guitar chord · Dominant 9#11

F9#11 chord (F Dominant 9#11)

Dominant 9th with a raised 11th: bright, a little bitter, and built on the Lydian dominant scale.

Notes FACEbGB
Formula 1 3 5 ♭7 9 ♯11
Shapes 1 on this page

F9#11 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, F.

6th String Root 1 2 1 2 1 3

Interactive chord diagram

F9#11 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E

Tap any note to hear it.

Scales to play over F9#11

These scales start on F and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when F9#11 is the chord of the moment.

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Questions

What notes are in a F9#11 chord?
F9#11 is F, A, C, Eb, G, B: the 1, 3, 5, ♭7, 9, ♯11 of F.
How do you play F9#11 on guitar?
6th String Root: 1 2 1 2 1 3 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with F9#11?
Scales on F that contain every note of F9#11: F Lydian Dominant, F Lydian Dominant b6.

Dominant 9#11 chords in every key

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