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Jazz Guitar Voicing : 13th ChordsVoiced in 4ths

Diatonic in the keys of

F major and F melodic minor

F^13

Gm13

Am7(b13)

Bb^13

C13

Dm7(b13)

Em7(b13)

F^13

F^13

Gm13

Am7(b13)

Bb^13

C13

Dm7(b13)

Em7(b13)

F^13

"Original" Voicing (drop 3)

F^

String Set 6--4-3-2

1

223

3

335

5

556

6

778

8

8910

10

101011

12

121213

13

141415

String Set 6--4-3-2 and 5--3-2-1

1

223

3

335

5

556

6

778

3

355

5

566

7

788

8

91010

1

221

9

Fm^13

Gm13

Ab^(b13)

Bb13

C7(b13)

Dm7(b13)

Em7(b13)Fm^13

Fm^13

Gm13

Ab^(b13)

Bb13

C7(b13)

Dm7(b13)

Em7(b13)Fm^13

Fm^

Also :

You can get rid of the bass note and play "just fourths". They are called quartal voicings.

By working on quartal voicings "in inversions" (not on this page) you can get interesting voicings with intervals of perfect fourths, tritones, major and minor seconds.

Quartal voicings sound very "modern"... that is why the 13th chords on this page have that flavor : they contain a bass note + a quartal voicings in the upper register.

Can you work out the same 13th voicing in F harmonic minor?

What about other keys?

String Set 6--4-3-21

213

3

335

4

556

6

678

8

899

10

101011

12

121213

13

141315

String Set 6--4-3-2 and 5--3-2-11

213

3

335

4

556

6

678

3

354

5

566

7

788

8

99

10

"Original" Voicing (drop 3)

1

211

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