F13 guitar chord

Rootless · 3rd inversion
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About F13 — rootless voicings

F13 is a dominant stretched across six different notes: F, A, C, Eb, G and D. Its distant voices are and .

On guitar, keep the third and flat seventh, then make room by dropping the root or fifth. The upper voices can carry a jazz cadence around that shell.

Also written Fdom13 or F dominant 13.

F13 rootless guitar chord diagram: F, A, C, Eb, G, D, played xx1233
F13 rootless guitar chord voicing: x-x-1-2-3-3.

What is a rootless voicing

Rootless voicing
R35♭79

The bassist has the root, and the guide tones imply it anyway. The freed finger adds a tension. Playing solo, keep the root and drop something else.

How to use F13

1The V of an extended ii–V–I

V in B♭ major

In a jazz ii–V–I all three chords usually carry tensions: Cm9, F13, Bbmaj9 rather than bare sevenths. The thirteenth is the ii’s ninth held over the barline, and it falls a step to the ninth of the I.

Listen for: The ii’s ninth holds as the V’s thirteenth, then falls a whole step to the ninth of the I. Underneath, the guide tones step down as usual.

In which keys. Every note of F13 belongs to G minor and Bb major.

What to play over F13

Useful scales

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Chords near F13

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Dominant seventh chords on every root

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.

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