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C#maj13 Guitar Chord

The widest major extended chord — 7 notes. An advanced jazz chord. On guitar, some middle intervals are always omitted (typically the fifth, ninth or eleventh).

Guitar

Strings X–4–1–3–1–1

How to play the C#maj13 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–4–1–3–1–1 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 1 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Other names for the C#maj13 chord

Other names: C# major 13th

Music theory name: major thirteenth chord

Common name: C# major thirteenth chord

Notes and intervals in the C#maj13 chord

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

All variations

Open
X–4–1–3–1–1
Fret 4
X–4–4–5–6–6
Fret 8
9–8–8–8–9–8
Fret 9
9–9–10–10–11–9

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys