Bm11 chord
Bm11 chord for guitar with diagrams, fingerings and notes.
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Bm11 has several natural fingerings in open positions, but is also often as played as one of three movable shapes, depending on the most suitable position on the fretboard.
Comments
The X20230 version omits the 5th and 9th. Another option is the X20220 version, which includes the fifth (C#), but it comes with a slight dissonance between C# and D. A less common possibility is X22230.
Chord structure
The chord consists of six notes. The notes represent the root, minor third, perfect fifth, minor seventh, major ninth and perfect eleventh intervals. Notice that the fifth and/or the ninth are sometimes omitted.
Chord name
Bm11 is an abbreviation for B minor eleventh. A less common abbreviation is Bmin11. A third system is the minus symbol: B-11.
Notes
The notes that the Bm11 chord consists of are B, D, F#, A, C# and E.
Chord progressions
Bm11 - Em7 - Cmaj7
Inversions
1st inversion: Bm11/D (means that D is the bass note).
2nd inversion: Bm11/F# (means that F# is the bass note).
3rd inversion: Bm11/A (means that A is the bass note).
4th inversion: Bm11/C# (means that C# is the bass note).
5th inversion: Bm11/E (means that E is the bass note).
Omissions
Bm11(no5) is a B minor 11th with no fifth (F#).
Bm11(no9) is a B minor 11th with no ninth (C#).