E13 Chord (Dominant 13th)

Dominant 13th is the full dominant stack — root through the flat 7th, 9th, 11th (often omitted), and 13th. The notes of E13 are E, G#, B, D, F#, C#.

Big-band and jazz-blues voicing at its richest — the chord under a horn-section hit right before a cadence.

E13 voicings on guitar

Every playable, root-in-the-bass grip standard tuning offers, computed from the chord’s own formula — not a fixed shape library.

Drop the 11th (the note that clashes with the 3rd) and voice root, 3rd, 7th, 13th for the version that actually gets played on guitar.

Formula and intervals

R - 3 - 5 - b7 - 2 - 6 — 6 notes.

Scales that fit E13

Every scale below contains all of this chord’s notes — safe territory to improvise in over it.

• E Mixolydian

Other extended on E

• E6 (Major 6th)
• Eadd9 (Add 9)
• Emaj9 (Major 9th)
• Em9 (Minor 9th)
• E9 (Dominant 9th)
• E11 (Dominant 11th)