Guitar Upscale13sus4 Chord on guitar
A 13sus4 chord adds the ninth and thirteenth to a 7sus4 chord, a wide, airy dominant chord.
| Written as | C13sus4 |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 4 5 b7 9 13 |
| Notes in C | C F G Bb D A |
| Semitones from the root | 0, 5, 7, 10, 14, 21 |
About the 13sus4 Chord
G13sus4 here is G, C, D, F, A and E.
It holds most of the Mixolydian mode with no 3rd. It sounds open and modern.
Use it in modal vamps or as a softer V chord.
Intervals
- 1: Root, 0 semitones above the root
- 4: Perfect 4th, 5 semitones above the root
- 5: Perfect 5th, 7 semitones above the root
- b7: Minor 7th, 10 semitones above the root
- 9: 9th, 14 semitones above the root
- 13: 13th, 21 semitones above the root
13sus4 Chord charts in all 12 keys
Each chart shows the strings from the thick low E on the left to the thin high e on the right. Numbers in the dots are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little, T thumb. × marks a muted string and ○ an open one. A bar across strings is a barre.
C13sus4: C F G Bb D A
G13sus4: G C D F A E
D13sus4: D G A C E B
A13sus4: A D E G B F#
E13sus4: E A B D F# C#
B13sus4: B E F# A C# G#
F#13sus4: F# B C# E G# D#
C#13sus4: C# F# G# B D# A#
G#13sus4: G# C# D# F# A# E#
Eb13sus4: Eb Ab Bb Db F C
Bb13sus4: Bb Eb F Ab C G
F13sus4: F Bb C Eb G D
Scales to play over C13sus4
Each of these scales, started on C, holds every note of the chord:
- C Dorian Mode
- C Mixolydian Mode
- C Adonai Malakh
- C Taishikicho
- C Bebop Minor (Bebop Dorian)
- C Bebop Dominant