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Hmaj13 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–2–2–3–4–4

How to play the Hmaj13 chord on guitar

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

Notation for Hmaj13 chord

Other names: H major 13th

Music theory name: major thirteenth chord

Common name: H major thirteenth chord

Intervals and tones in Hmaj13 chord

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

All Variations

Open
X–2–2–3–4–4
Fret 6
7–6–6–6–7–6
Fret 7
7–7–8–8–9–7
Fret 11
X–14–13–13–11–11

More chords with H as the root

The same chord type in other keys