D Major 13th Guitar Chord

also known as Dmaj13, DM13

your first finger goes on the second fret of the second string
your second finger goes on the fourth fret of the fourth string
your third finger goes on the fourth fret of the third string
your fourth finger goes on the fifth fret of the fifth string
the first string is open
the sixth string is muted

Diagram of a D major 13th guitar chord at the open position

Notes in a D Major 13th Guitar chord

Root : D

3rd : F#

5th : A

Major 7th : C#

9th : E

13th : B

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Diagram of a D major 13th guitar barre chord at the 9 fret

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Diagram of a D major 13th guitar chord at the 5 fret

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Diagram of a D major 13th guitar chord at the 10 fret

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Diagram of a D major 13th guitar barre chord at the 2 fret

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Diagram of a D major 13th guitar chord at the 9 fret

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Diagram of a D major 13th guitar chord at the 4 fret

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Diagram of a D major 13th guitar chord at the 2 fret

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Third Inversion

Contains a C# as the bass note.

Notated as D/C#

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Diagram of a D major 13th guitar barre chord at the 7 fret (third inversion)

Dmaj13/C#

Fifth Inversion

Contains a B as the bass note.

Notated as D/B

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Diagram of a D major 13th guitar barre chord at the 7 fret (fifth inversion)

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Diagram of a D major 13th guitar barre chord at the 12 fret (fifth inversion)

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Recommended Scales for a D Major 13th Guitar Chord

Rock Scales

Modes Scales

Jazz Scales

Other thirteenth chords

While the dominant thirteenth is the most common thirteenth chord, the major thirteenth is also fairly common. A major thirteenth chord (containing a major seventh) will nearly always feature a chromatically raised eleventh (C E G B D F♯ A) (see lydian mode), except for cases when the eleventh is omitted altogether. It is customary to omit the eleventh on dominant or major thirteenth chords because the eleventh conflicts with the third, in these chords by a semitone.