What notes are in the E Major seventh added thirteenth chord?

The E Major seventh added thirteenth chord contains the notes E · G# · B · C# · D# · F#: the root E with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 6M, 7M, 9M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally E, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the E Major seventh added thirteenth chord?

Measured from E, the E Major seventh added thirteenth chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 6M, 7M, 9M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the E Major seventh added thirteenth chord?

On guitar the most common E Major seventh added thirteenth shape is 021122, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play E3 · G#3 · B3 · C#4 · D#4 · F#4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

E Major Seventh Added Thirteenth Chord (Emaj7add13)

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	E3 · G#3 · B3 · C#4 · D#4 · F#4
Open (drop 2)	D#3 · E3 · G#3 · B3 · C#4 · F#4
Shell	E3 · G#3 · D#4
Rootless	G#3 · C#4 · D#4 · F#4

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Anatomy

E Major seventh added thirteenth (Emaj7add13) contains the notes E · G# · B · C# · D# · F#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords · extensions

Inversions

An inversion of E Major seventh added thirteenth puts a chord tone other than E in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales E Major seventh added thirteenth belongs to.

In which keys

E Major seventh added thirteenth is diatonic to 4 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

E majorImaj7add13Tonic
C# minorIIImaj7add13Tonic
B majorIVmaj7add13Subdominant
G# minorVImaj7add13Subdominant

Extensions beyond the seventh count when every note sits in the key.

Scales that contain it

E Major seventh added thirteenth fits inside these scales, each built on E.

E MajorE · F# · G# · A · B · C# · D#
E LydianE · F# · G# · A# · B · C# · D#
E BebopE · F# · G# · A · B · C# · D · D#
E Bebop MajorE · F# · G# · A · B · B# · C# · D#
E IchikosuchoE · F# · G# · A · Bb · B · C# · D#

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with E Major seventh added thirteenth: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

Emaj9E · G# · B · D# · F#
E6/9E · G# · B · C# · F#
Emaj7E · G# · B · D#
E6E · G# · B · C#
Eadd9E · G# · B · F#
EE · G# · B
Esus2E · F# · B
E5E · B

Richer

Emaj13#11E · G# · B · D# · F# · A# · C#

Major seventh added thirteenth on every root

Cmaj7add13 C#maj7add13 Dbmaj7add13 Dmaj7add13 Ebmaj7add13 Fmaj7add13 F#maj7add13 Gbmaj7add13 Gmaj7add13 Abmaj7add13 Amaj7add13 Bbmaj7add13 Bmaj7add13

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Understanding the E Major seventh added thirteenth chord

Names and symbols

Emaj7add13 is the chord symbol for E Major seventh added thirteenth; it is also written EM7add13.

maj7, M7, Δ7, ma7 and ^7 all mean the major seventh. A lowercase m7 is a different chord, the minor seventh, so the capital letter and the triangle are the only things keeping the two apart on a chart.

Common questions

What notes are in the E Major seventh added thirteenth chord?: The E Major seventh added thirteenth chord contains the notes E · G# · B · C# · D# · F#: the root E with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 6M, 7M, 9M stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally E, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the E Major seventh added thirteenth chord?: Measured from E, the E Major seventh added thirteenth chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 6M, 7M, 9M. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the E Major seventh added thirteenth chord?: On guitar the most common E Major seventh added thirteenth shape is 021122, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play E3 · G#3 · B3 · C#4 · D#4 · F#4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.