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C#13 Guitar Chord

The widest extended chord — theoretically 7 notes. Typical of jazz and funk. All 7 notes can't be played on 6 strings — the fifth and eleventh are commonly omitted.

Guitar

Strings X–4–3–3–0–2

How to play the C#13 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–4–3–3–0–2 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 4 · pinky
4th string (D) Fret 3 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Open
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · index finger

Other names for the C#13 chord

Other names: C# 13th, C# thirteenth

Music theory name: dominant thirteenth chord

Common name: C# thirteenth chord

Notes and intervals in the C#13 chord

Note Interval
C# Root
E# Major 3rd
G# Perfect 5th
B Minor 7th
D# Major 9th
F# Perfect 11th
A# Major 13th

All variations

Open
X–4–3–3–0–2
Fret 4
4–4–4–4–6–6
Fret 7
9–8–8–8–9–7
Fret 9
9–9–9–10–11–11

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys