B13#11: guitar chord voicings, inversions, scales and arpeggios
B13#11 (13#11) is an interactive GuitarArcanum page with chord formula, intervals, voicings, inversions, triads, pentatonic patterns, scales and arpeggios on the fretboard.
Chord formula
Interval formula: 1 3 5 b7 9 #11 13. A dominant with a 13th and a sharp 11th — a bright, lifted dominant. The Lydian-dominant sound.
Chord tones
The #11 removes the clash with the 3rd and adds Lydian light. With the 13th on top it's a rich, bright dominant. Key colors: 3, b7, #11, 13.
Sound character
Bright, lifted and rich — the Lydian-dominant color of Steely Dan and modern big band.
Harmonic function
A dominant, often non-functional (backdoor, secondary). The #11 and 13 give the Lydian color.
Typical progressions
- A13#11 → Cmaj7 (backdoor)
- F#13#11 → C
- E13#11 – Bmaj7
Guitar voicing advice
Root on the 6th string with 3, b7, #11 and 13 on top. Drop the natural 11th and the 5th.
Compatible scales for B13#11
Other chord qualities on the B root
Compare this chord with other qualities sharing the same root.
- B (Major)
- Bm (Minor)
- Bdim (Diminished)
- Baug (Augmented)
- Bsus4 (Sus4)
- B6 (Maj6)
- Bmaj7 (Major 7)
- Bmaj7b5 (Maj7b5)
- Bmaj7sus4 (Maj7sus4)
- Bmaj7#11 (Maj7#11)
- Bm6 (Min6)
- Bm7 (Minor 7)
- Bmmaj7 (MinMaj7)
- B7 (Dominant 7)
- B7b5 (Dom7b5)
- B7sus4 (Dom7sus4)
- B7#11 (Dom7#11)
- Bm7b5 (m7b5)
- Bdim7 (Dim7)
- Bdimmaj7 (DimMaj7)
- Bdimmaj7b13 (DimMaj7b13)
- Baugmaj7 (AugMaj7)
- Baug7 (Aug7)
- B9 (9)
- Bmaj9 (maj9)
- Bm9 (m9)
- Badd9 (add9)
- B7b9 (7b9)
- B7#9 (7#9)
- B6/9 (6/9)
- Bm6/9 (m6/9)
- Bmmaj9 (m(maj9))
- B9sus4 (9sus4)
- B9b5 (9b5)
- B9#5 (9#5)
- Bmadd9 (madd9)
- B7b9#9 (7b9#9)
- Bsus2 (sus2)
- B11 (11)
- Bmaj11 (maj11)
- Bm11 (m11)
- B13 (13)
- Bmaj13 (maj13)
- Bm13 (m13)
- B7b13 (7b13)
- B7alt (7alt)