C 13 Guitar Chord Chart and Fingering (C 13)

C 13 chord intervals and notes
Intervals	1 - 3 - 5 - b7 - 9 - (11) - 13
Notes in C 13	C - E - G - A# (Bb) - D - F - A

13th chords are formed by adding a 13th (6th) interval note to a dominant 11th chord, so adding the 13 to 1 - 2(9) - 3 - 4(11) - 5 - b7) to form 1 - 2(9) - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6(13) - b7. Notice that this results in 7 notes, but only 6 strings on the guitar, meaning at least one of the notes needs to be emited. The most important degrees in this chord are 1 3 6(13) b7, and in general the first note you would leave out is the 11th (4th).

C 13 Chord Charts, Fingering, Voicings

Here are 6 voicings of the C13 guitar chord, with a chord chart to each voicings' fingering.

C 13 voicing 1 C 13 voicing 2 C 13 voicing 3 C 13 voicing 4 C 13 voicing 5 C 13 voicing 6

These C 13 guitar chord variations can be interchanged freely. If it sounds good, it is good!

Chord Tip 1.

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Chord Tip 1.

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