Bb Minor 11th
Bbm11
Notes
Bb · Db · F · Ab · C · Eb
Intervals
- RootBb (1P)
- Minor 3rdDb (3m)
- Perfect 5thF (5P)
- Minor 7thAb (7m)
- Major 9thC (9M)
- Perfect 11thEb (11P)
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About
The B♭m11 (B♭–D♭–F–A♭–C–E♭) adds an 11th (equivalent to a fourth) above the minor 7 base. The E♭ stacks a suspended quality onto the existing minor-seventh sound, creating a spacious, harmonically ambiguous texture associated with modal jazz and ambient music. In practice, the 5th and 9th are often omitted on guitar, leaving a voicing built around the 3rd, 7th, and 11th — the notes that give the chord its character. The 11th itself is the essential extension. Compared to B♭m9, m11 is more atmospheric and less harmonically focused, well suited to static or slow-moving progressions.
Similar chords
Chords sharing two or more notes with this one, ranked by overlap.
Scales containing this chord
- B♭ Natural Minor (I)
- A♭ Major (II)
- D♭ Major (VI)
- F Natural Minor (IV)
- B♭ Dorian (I)
- A♭ Mixolydian (II)
- C Locrian (VII)
- C Phrygian (VII)
- D♭ Lydian (VI)
- E♭ Dorian (V)
- E♭ Mixolydian (V)
- F Phrygian (IV)
- F♯ Lydian (III)
- G Locrian (III)
Scales whose notes include every chord tone. Roman numeral marks the chord root’s position in the scale; dashed badges aren’t linked yet.