Bb13#11: guitar chord voicings, inversions, scales and arpeggios
Bb13#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
- Ab13#11 → Cmaj7 (backdoor)
- F13#11 → C
- Eb13#11 – Bbmaj7
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 Bb13#11
Other chord qualities on the Bb root
Compare this chord with other qualities sharing the same root.
- Bb (Major)
- Bbm (Minor)
- Bbdim (Diminished)
- Bbaug (Augmented)
- Bbsus4 (Sus4)
- Bb6 (Maj6)
- Bbmaj7 (Major 7)
- Bbmaj7b5 (Maj7b5)
- Bbmaj7sus4 (Maj7sus4)
- Bbmaj7#11 (Maj7#11)
- Bbm6 (Min6)
- Bbm7 (Minor 7)
- Bbmmaj7 (MinMaj7)
- Bb7 (Dominant 7)
- Bb7b5 (Dom7b5)
- Bb7sus4 (Dom7sus4)
- Bb7#11 (Dom7#11)
- Bbm7b5 (m7b5)
- Bbdim7 (Dim7)
- Bbdimmaj7 (DimMaj7)
- Bbdimmaj7b13 (DimMaj7b13)
- Bbaugmaj7 (AugMaj7)
- Bbaug7 (Aug7)
- Bb9 (9)
- Bbmaj9 (maj9)
- Bbm9 (m9)
- Bbadd9 (add9)
- Bb7b9 (7b9)
- Bb7#9 (7#9)
- Bb6/9 (6/9)
- Bbm6/9 (m6/9)
- Bbmmaj9 (m(maj9))
- Bb9sus4 (9sus4)
- Bb9b5 (9b5)
- Bb9#5 (9#5)
- Bbmadd9 (madd9)
- Bb7b9#9 (7b9#9)
- Bbsus2 (sus2)
- Bb11 (11)
- Bbmaj11 (maj11)
- Bbm11 (m11)
- Bb13 (13)
- Bbmaj13 (maj13)
- Bbm13 (m13)
- Bb7b13 (7b13)
- Bb7alt (7alt)