Dmaj13 guitar chord

2 of 2
  • Tap a note to hear it
  • Arrows change position
  • Fingers, notes or intervals
  • Play the chord

About Dmaj13

Dmaj13 is D, F#, A, C#, E and B. It has the same pitch name as a 6th, , above a major 7th and 9th.

Compared with , Dmaj13 keeps the 6th and 9th, then adds the major 7th. That B is the difference a 6/9 chord does not have.

On guitar, root and 5th can be left out. Keep the 3rd, 7th, 9th, and 13th when the voicing needs its full identity.

Also written DM13, DΔ13 or D major 13.

Dmaj13 guitar chord diagram: D, F#, A, C#, E, B, played 10-x-11-11-12-x
Dmaj13 guitar chord voicing: 10-x-11-11-12-x.

How to use Dmaj13

How you get to it. The turn that lands on Dmaj13 is to — the ii and the V of D — and shares its third and seventh with , so the hand barely moves between them.

Hear it land:→→

In which keys. Every note of Dmaj13 belongs to D major (the I, the tonic), F# minor (the ♭VI), A major (the IV, the subdominant) and B minor (the ♭III).

What to play over Dmaj13

Useful scales

  • +G

    Contains Dmaj13 and adds eleventh.

  • +G#

    Contains Dmaj13 and adds sharp eleventh.

Every scale

Chords near Dmaj13

Change one note

  • open strings
    open strings
    B → G

    Replace the thirteenth with the eleventh.

    See Dmaj11 chord →
  • open strings
    open strings
    C# → C

    Lower the major seventh to the flat seventh.

    See D13 chord →

Major chords on every root

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.

Midi Settings

7.5
Play Style
One pass of the pick from the lowest string up, everything left ringing.
Instrument
350
150

Style

Shows each chord the way this style would voice it, and marks which of its alternatives belong to the idiom.

Layout

Left Handed Mode