B major thirteenth · Frets 8–9
Bmaj13 banjo chord
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How to play Bmaj13 on banjo
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the three strings from the G to the high D at the 8th fret, your middle finger on the low D string at the 9th fret and your ring finger on the B string at the 9th fret. Don’t play the short G string.
From the short G string x 9 8 9 8 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in Bmaj13?
Bmaj13, B major thirteenth, is B, D♯, F♯, A♯, C♯ and G♯: the root (B), the major third (D♯), the perfect fifth (F♯), the major seventh (A♯), the ninth (C♯) and the thirteenth (G♯). Its formula is 1 3 5 7 9 13.
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