Bmaj13 guitar chord
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About Bmaj13 — drop 3 voicings
Bmaj13 is B, D#, F#, A#, C# and G#. It has the same pitch name as a 6th, , above a major 7th and 9th.
Compared with , Bmaj13 keeps the 6th and 9th, then adds the major 7th. That B is the difference a 6/9 chord does not have.
On guitar, root and 5th can be left out. Keep the 3rd, 7th, 9th, and 13th when the voicing needs its full identity.
Also written BM13, BΔ13 or B major 13.
What is drop 3
Drop the third voice from the top an octave instead. The wider gap skips a string, so the muted string is part of the shape.
That result, 3–R–5–7, is the shape usually meant by drop 3. Named by its bass note, as the inversions are here, it is the 1st inversion.
More familiar jazz shapes are drop 3 than drop 2.
How to use Bmaj13
How you get to it. The turn that lands on Bmaj13 is to — the ii and the V of B — and shares its third and seventh with , so the hand barely moves between them.
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In which keys. Every note of Bmaj13 belongs to Eb minor (the ♭VI), F# major (the IV, the subdominant), Ab minor (the ♭III) and B major (the I, the tonic).
What to play over Bmaj13
Useful scales
- +E
Contains Bmaj13 and adds eleventh.
- +E#
Contains Bmaj13 and adds sharp eleventh.
Chords near Bmaj13
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