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E dominant thirteenth · Open position
E13 guitar chord
What it is
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How to play E13 on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: your middle finger on the A string at the 2nd fret, your index finger on the G string at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the B string at the 2nd fret and your little finger on the high E string at the 2nd fret. Let the low E and D strings ring open.
From the low E string 0 2 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.
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