Dmaj11 guitar chord
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About Dmaj11 — 1st inversion
Dmaj11 is D, F#, A, C#, E and G. Its natural is the same note name as the 4th, while the major 3rd remains.
In a close voicing, sits one fret above . A sharp 11th raises that note one more fret; Dmaj11 calls for the natural 11th.
Let both notes sound only when you want that close interval heard. For the sharp 11th instead, played without a 5th, the chord is .
Also written DM11, DΔ11 or D major 11.
What 1st inversion means
Dmaj11 in 1st inversion puts F# in the bass instead of D, the 3rd of the chord. The notes are the same; what changes is what the bass line does, which is most of why you would reach for it — it lets the lowest voice move by step where the root would have jumped.
One of Dmaj11’s 8 shapes does this:x90789
How to use Dmaj11
How you get to it. The turn that lands on Dmaj11 is to — the ii and the V of D — and shares its third and seventh with , so the hand barely moves between them.
Hear it land:→→
In which keys. Every note of Dmaj11 belongs to D major (the I, the tonic) and B minor (the ♭III).
What to play over Dmaj11
Useful scales
- +B
Contains Dmaj11 and adds thirteenth.
Chords near Dmaj11
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The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.