Fmaj13 (major thirteenth)

7-note major 13th on FF, G, A, A♯, C, D, E.

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
1Froot
9Gninth
3Amajor third
11A♯eleventh (perfect fourth)
5Cperfect fifth
13Dthirteenth
7Emajor seventh

The formula reads in semitones above the root (F): 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

12
open position
213
open position
5fr42311
from fret 5
8fr11234
from fret 8

Ukulele fingerings · 4

2
open position
2fr1324
from fret 2
5fr2314
from fret 5
9fr1122
from fret 9

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 F chords

maj13 (major thirteenth) chords on every root