Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E7♯13E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · 2 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · F♯ · F♯

How to play it

E7♯13 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 4th (x 4 6 4 6 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 11th (x x 11 13 12 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 11th (11 11 11 13 12 13) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — D-shape, 16th (x 16 18 16 18 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 x 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 0 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar chord — Open (x 4 3 1 0 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Read it as tab

E7♯13 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 4th (x 4 6 4 6 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 11th (x x 11 13 12 13) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 11th (11 11 11 13 12 13) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — D-shape, 16th (x 16 18 16 18 16) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 x 1 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 0 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 0 1) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

E Dominant 7th Sharp 13th guitar tab — Open (x 4 3 1 0 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE) · Capo 3

Sound

How E7♯13 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesyrelaxed

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · F♯ · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · 2

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