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C13 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–3–2–3–5–5

How to play the C13 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–3–2–3–5–5 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) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 3 · middle finger
4th string (D) Fret 2 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 5 · little finger
1st string (high E) Fret 5 · little finger

Notation for C13 chord

Other names: C 13th, C thirteenth

Music theory name: dominant thirteenth chord

Common name: C thirteenth chord

Intervals and tones in C13 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

Fret 2
X–3–2–3–5–5
Fret 3
3–3–3–3–5–5
Fret 6
8–7–7–7–8–6
Fret 8
8–10–8–9–10–8

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using C13

What A Wondeful World
Luis Armstrong