E13 banjo chord

How to play E13 on banjo

The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the G string at the 1st fret, your middle finger on the B string at the 2nd fret and your ring finger on the high D string at the 2nd fret. Let the low D string ring open. Don’t play the short G string.

From the short G string x 0 1 2 2 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in E13?

E13, E dominant thirteenth, is E, G♯, B, D, F♯ and C♯: the root (E), the major third (G♯), the perfect fifth (B), the minor seventh (D), the ninth (F♯) and the thirteenth (C♯). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 9 13.