C 7#11

C7#11

chord

At a Glance

Piano

Fretboard

Degree 5 omitted - doesn't fit six strings within a playable hand span.

What It Is

A dominant seventh chord plus a raised (sharp) eleventh above the root. Notes: C, E, G, Bb, F#.

Matches the notes of the Lydian Dominant scale; avoids the half-step clash a natural 11th would create against the 3rd.

Not found in any of the seeded progressions or cadences.

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