G# maj7add13 Chord on Mandocello

How to play the G# maj7add13 chord on Mandocello: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.

The G# maj7add13 chord is a major extended chord that stacks ninths, elevenths, or thirteenths over a major-seventh foundation for a rich, jazzy color. It is built from the notes G#, C, D#, F, G. This page shows how to play G# maj7add13 on Mandocello with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The C and G strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 6 over a 3-fret stretch. G# falls on the D string. It sounds from C2 up to F4.

Mandocello is strung in four courses of two, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on G# 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.