C Major 13th Guitar Chord

also known as Cmaj13, CM13

make a barre on the seventh fret with your first finger from the first string to the fifth string
your second finger goes on the eighth fret of the sixth string
your third finger goes on the eighth fret of the second string

Diagram of a C major 13th guitar barre chord at the 7 fret

Notes in a C Major 13th Guitar chord

Root : C

3rd : E

5th : G

Major 7th : B

9th : D

13th : A

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Diagram of a C major 13th guitar chord at the 3 fret

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

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

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Diagram of a C major 13th guitar chord at the 7 fret

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Diagram of a C major 13th guitar barre chord at the 12 fret

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Diagram of a C major 13th guitar chord at the 12 fret

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Second Inversion

Contains a G as the bass note.

Notated as C/G

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

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Third Inversion

Contains a B as the bass note.

Notated as C/B

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Diagram of a C major 13th guitar barre chord at the 5 fret (third inversion)

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Fifth Inversion

Contains an A as the bass note.

Notated as C/A

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Diagram of a C major 13th guitar barre chord at the 5 fret (fifth inversion)

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Diagram of a C major 13th guitar barre chord at the 10 fret (fifth inversion)

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Recommended Scales for a C Major 13th Guitar Chord

Rock Scales

Modes Scales

Jazz Scales

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.