Dmaj13 (major thirteenth)

7-note major 13th on DD, E, F♯, G, A, B, C♯.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

A major chord stacked to the thirteenth — the fullest resolved sonority, all seven degrees of the scale in one chord.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1Droot
9Eninth
3F♯major third
11Geleventh (perfect fourth)
5Aperfect fifth
13Bthirteenth
7C♯major seventh

The formula reads in semitones above the root (D): 1, 9, 3, 11, 5, 13, 7. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 4

3
open position
2fr4231
from fret 2
5fr11234
from fret 5
9fr211131
from fret 9

Ukulele fingerings · 4

2314
open position
6fr1122
from fret 6
9fr1311
from fret 9
11fr1324
from fret 11

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other D chords

maj13 (major thirteenth) chords on every root