Major 13th Guitar Chords

Tones in a Major 13th Guitar Chords : Root, 3rd, 5th, Major 7th, 9th, 13th

Diagram of a B♭ major 13th guitar barre chord at the 5 fret

B♭maj13

Diagram of an E major 13th guitar chord at the open position

Emaj13

Diagram of a C major 13th guitar chord at the open position (second inversion)

Cmaj13

Diagram of an A♭ major 13th guitar barre chord at the 3 fret

A♭maj13

Diagram of an A major 13th guitar chord at the open position

Amaj13

Diagram of a C# major 13th guitar barre chord at the 8 fret

C#maj13

Diagram of a D# major 13th guitar chord at the open position (fifth inversion)

D#maj13

Diagram of an F major 13th guitar chord at the open position

Fmaj13

Diagram of a B major 13th guitar barre chord at the 6 fret

Bmaj13

Diagram of a G major 13th guitar barre chord at the 2 fret

Gmaj13

Diagram of a D major 13th guitar chord at the open position

Dmaj13

Diagram of a G# major 13th guitar barre chord at the 3 fret

G#maj13

Diagram of an F# major 13th guitar barre chord at the 1 fret

F#maj13

Diagram of an A# major 13th guitar barre chord at the 5 fret

A#maj13

Diagram of a D♭ major 13th guitar barre chord at the 8 fret

D♭maj13

Diagram of an E♭ major 13th guitar chord at the open position (fifth inversion)

E♭maj13

Diagram of a G♭ major 13th guitar barre chord at the 1 fret

G♭maj13

Other thirteenth chords

While the dominant thirteenth is the most common thirteenth chord, the major thirteenth is also fairly common. A major thirteenth chord (containing a major seventh) will nearly always feature a chromatically raised eleventh (C E G B D F♯ A) (see lydian mode), except for cases when the eleventh is omitted altogether. It is customary to omit the eleventh on dominant or major thirteenth chords because the eleventh conflicts with the third, in these chords by a semitone.