Bb9#11

Open position

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Bb9#11Shape 1 of 4
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Bb9#11 chord at a glance

Bb 9th sharp 11 (Bb9#11) is built from the notes Bb – C – D – E – Ab. Here are all 4 shapes on the neck, from the open position upwards. Numbers under each diagram are the frets from low E to high E (x = don’t play that string).

Bb9#11 shape 1, Open123
Shape 1 · Openx 1 0 1 1 0
Bb9#11 shape 2, Fret 5521311
Shape 2 · Fret 56 5 6 5 5 x
Bb9#11 shape 3, Fret 881234
Shape 3 · Fret 8x x 8 9 9 10
Bb9#11 shape 4, Fret 121221341
Shape 4 · Fret 12x 13 12 13 13 12