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B flat minor eleventh (Bbm11) chord on guitar

Notes
B♭D♭FA♭CE♭
Formula
1♭35♭7911

How to play Bbm11 on guitar

  1. Shape 1 · fret 1 · barre

    no 9th (C)

    Bbm11 chord on guitar, shape 1: barre at fret 1, notes Bb, Db, F, Ab, Eb

  2. Shape 2 · fret 6 · barre

    Bbm11 chord on guitar, shape 2: barre at fret 6, notes Bb, Db, F, Ab, C, Eb

  3. Shape 3 · fret 4 · barre

    no 5th (F)

    Bbm11 chord on guitar, shape 3: barre at fret 4, notes Bb, Db, Ab, C, Eb

  4. Shape 4 · fret 8

    no 5th (F), 9th (C)

    Bbm11 chord on guitar, shape 4: from fret 8, notes Bb, Db, Ab, Eb

Some shapes leave out: 5th (F), 9th (C). The caption of each one says what is missing. The 5th is the first to go: it barely changes the sound of the chord.

Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. x = do not play the string, o = open string. The coloured dot is the root (B flat). The same shapes work on acoustic, classical and electric guitar.

Bbm11 inversions on guitar

The same Bbm11 with another chord note in the bass (the lowest note that sounds). The notes stay the same, but the colour changes, and the bass line can move by step from one chord to the next. In a chord symbol, the bass comes after the slash.

  1. 3rd (D♭) in the bass1st inversion · Bbm11/Db

    B flat minor eleventh, Bbm11/Db, x41314B♭m11/D♭3124D♭E♭B♭CA♭metronotuner.com

  2. 3rd (D♭) in the bass1st inversion · Bbm11/Db

    B flat minor eleventh, Bbm11/Db, x46546B♭m11/D♭41324D♭A♭CE♭B♭metronotuner.com

  3. 5th (F) in the bass2nd inversion · Bbm11/F

    B flat minor eleventh, Bbm11/F, 111121B♭m11/F112FB♭E♭A♭D♭Fmetronotuner.com

  4. 5th (F) in the bass2nd inversion · Bbm11/F

    B flat minor eleventh, Bbm11/F, x88899B♭m11/F81123FB♭E♭A♭D♭metronotuner.com

  5. 7th (A♭) in the bass3rd inversion · Bbm11/Ab

    B flat minor eleventh, Bbm11/Ab, 441311B♭m11/A♭3412A♭D♭E♭B♭CFmetronotuner.com

  6. 7th (A♭) in the bass3rd inversion · Bbm11/Ab

    B flat minor eleventh, Bbm11/Ab, 466666B♭m11/A♭4133A♭E♭A♭D♭FB♭metronotuner.com

Jazz voicings

About the minor eleventh chord

A minor chord with a seventh, ninth and eleventh. In a minor chord the 11th does not clash with the 3rd (they are a whole step apart), so every note can sound. An open, modern sound, frequent in jazz, neo-soul and Brazilian popular music, where it is often written m7(11). In practice the 5th goes first, and the 9th can be left out as well.

Notes and intervals of Bbm11

Bbm11 (B flat minor eleventh) is built from 6 notes. Each one fills a degree of the chord:

  • B♭ · 1 · root
  • D♭ · ♭3 · minor third
  • F · 5 · perfect fifth
  • A♭ · ♭7 · minor seventh
  • C · 9 · ninth
  • E♭ · 11 · eleventh

Other B flat chords

Minor eleventh: other roots

Frequently asked questions

How do you play the Bbm11 chord on guitar?

Bbm11 (B flat minor eleventh) has 4 fingerings on this page, from easiest to hardest. Each diagram shows the fingers, the open strings (o) and the strings you do not play (x), and you can hear every shape.

What notes are in Bbm11?

The notes of Bbm11 are B♭, D♭, F, A♭, C, E♭. The formula is 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 9 · 11: root, minor third, perfect fifth, minor seventh, ninth, eleventh.

What does Bbm11 mean?

Bbm11 is the chord symbol for B flat minor eleventh. A minor chord with a seventh, ninth and eleventh. In a minor chord the 11th does not clash with the 3rd (they are a whole step apart), so every note can sound. An open, modern sound, frequent in jazz, neo-soul and Brazilian popular music, where it is often written m7(11). In practice the 5th goes first, and the 9th can be left out as well.

Bbm11 on other instruments

All guitar chords