E 13b9 Chord on 7-String Guitar
Play E 13b9 on 7-String Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The E 13b9 chord is an extended or altered dominant that stacks ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, or chromatic tensions over a dominant-seventh core. It is built from the notes E, F, G#, B, C#, D. This page shows how to play E 13b9 on 7-String Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The E and D strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 1 over a 2-fret stretch. The B string stays silent, so 6 of 7 sound. The root is the E string itself. It sounds from E2 up to F4.
7-String Guitar is tuned B–E–A–D–G–B–E, with 15 frets to work with.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on E or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.