Major 13 Chords

Welcome back to the Music Theory series. This month we’re looking at the Major 13 Chord. It’s a really colorful chord and built on 7 different notes. Let’s first look at a C Major chord on the treble staff and the piano keyboard…


The Major 13 Chord is based on the scale degrees 1,3,5,7,9,11,13. In this case it’s C E G B D F A. Let’s take a look at that on the treble staff and the piano keyboard…

A major 13 Chord can be built on any note on any major scale. Until next time practice building and playing your major 13 chords.

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