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F#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 2–1–1–1–2–1

How to play the F#maj13 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 2–1–1–1–2–1 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) Fret 2 · middle finger
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Notation for F#maj13 chord

Other names: F# major 13th

Music theory name: major thirteenth chord

Common name: F# major thirteenth chord

Intervals and tones in F#maj13 chord

Note Interval
F# Root
B Major 3rd
C# Perfect 5th
F Major 7th
Ab Major 9th
H Perfect 11th
Eb Major 13th

All Variations

Open
2–1–1–1–2–1
Fret 4
X–6–4–4–6–6
Fret 6
X–9–8–8–6–6
Fret 9
X–9–9–10–11–11

More chords with F# as the root

The same chord type in other keys