How to Play G13 Chord on Guitar | G Dominant Thirteen
Welcome to our tutorial on the G 13 chord. This particular chord belongs to the Dominant Chords family, a group of chords that add a unique tonal color to your music. If you're unfamiliar with dominant chords, we recommend checking out our dominant guitar chords tutorial to get a solid understanding of them.
The G 13 chord is composed of the notes G, B, D, F, A, C, and E. The music intervals that build this chord are 1 (the Root), 3 (Major Third), 5 (Perfect Fifth), b7 (Minor Seventh), 9 (Major Ninth), 11 (Perfect Eleventh), and 13 (Major Thirteenth). To learn more about these intervals and how they are stacked to form chords, have a look at our guitar music theory tutorial.
This tutorial will guide you on how to play the G 13 chord using chord diagrams and fretboard patterns that clearly illustrate the tones composing the chord. For a more in-depth understanding of chord notation, we highly recommend our tutorial on chord notation.
The G 13 chord is not a beginner's chord and requires some knowledge of intermediate guitar chords. However, once mastered, it can add a rich and complex sound to your music, especially in jazz chord progressions.
Get ready to dive into the world of complex chords and enrich your guitar playing skills with the G 13 chord. Happy learning!
Notes in the G 13 chord:
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How the Dominant Thirteen chord is built:
How To Play The G13 chord on guitar
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Position 1
Open
Position 2
Open
Position 3
Movable
Position 4
Movable
Position 5
Movable
Position 6
Open
Position 7
BarreMovable
Position 8
BarreMovable
Position 9
BarreMovable
Position 10
BarreMovable
Position 11
BarreMovable
Position 12
BarreMovable
You can find more shapes in our all guitar chords online library. If you prefer a printable pdf, download the Free Guitar Chords Chart Pdf
Play This Chord With Other Roots
C 13 | D 13 | E 13 | F 13 | G 13 | A 13 | B 13 | C#13 | D#13 | F#13 | G#13 | A#13 | Ab13 | Bb13 | Db13 | Eb13 | Gb13
Complete Fretboard Map of G 13 chord tones
This fretboard map shows you the tones in the chord all along the neck. You can play this chord by choosing some of the chord tones.