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Cmaj13 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–3–2–2–0–1

How to play the Cmaj13 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–3–2–2–0–1 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) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 3 · little finger
4th string (D) Fret 2 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Play open
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Notation for Cmaj13 chord

Other names: C major 13th

Music theory name: major thirteenth chord

Common name: C major thirteenth chord

Intervals and tones in Cmaj13 chord

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

All Variations

Open
X–3–2–2–0–1
Fret 3
X–3–3–4–5–5
Fret 7
8–7–7–7–8–7
Fret 8
8–8–9–9–10–8

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys