B13 5-string bass chord

How to play B13 on 5-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the E string at the 5th fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 6th fret, your ring finger on the D string at the 6th fret and your ring finger on the G string at the 6th fret. Let the B string ring open.

From the B string 0 5 6 6 6 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in B13?

B13, B dominant thirteenth, is B, D♯, F♯, A, C♯ and G♯: the root (B), the major third (D♯), the perfect fifth (F♯), the minor seventh (A), the ninth (C♯) and the thirteenth (G♯). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 9 13.