D13#11: guitar chord voicings, inversions, scales and arpeggios
D13#11 (13#11) is an interactive GuitarArcanum page with chord formula, intervals, voicings, inversions, triads, pentatonic patterns, scales and arpeggios on the fretboard.
Chord formula
Interval formula: 1 3 5 b7 9 #11 13. A dominant with a 13th and a sharp 11th — a bright, lifted dominant. The Lydian-dominant sound.
Chord tones
The #11 removes the clash with the 3rd and adds Lydian light. With the 13th on top it's a rich, bright dominant. Key colors: 3, b7, #11, 13.
Sound character
Bright, lifted and rich — the Lydian-dominant color of Steely Dan and modern big band.
Harmonic function
A dominant, often non-functional (backdoor, secondary). The #11 and 13 give the Lydian color.
Typical progressions
- C13#11 → Cmaj7 (backdoor)
- A13#11 → C
- G13#11 – Dmaj7
Guitar voicing advice
Root on the 6th string with 3, b7, #11 and 13 on top. Drop the natural 11th and the 5th.
Compatible scales for D13#11
Other chord qualities on the D root
Compare this chord with other qualities sharing the same root.
- D (Major)
- Dm (Minor)
- Ddim (Diminished)
- Daug (Augmented)
- Dsus4 (Sus4)
- D6 (Maj6)
- Dmaj7 (Major 7)
- Dmaj7b5 (Maj7b5)
- Dmaj7sus4 (Maj7sus4)
- Dmaj7#11 (Maj7#11)
- Dm6 (Min6)
- Dm7 (Minor 7)
- Dmmaj7 (MinMaj7)
- D7 (Dominant 7)
- D7b5 (Dom7b5)
- D7sus4 (Dom7sus4)
- D7#11 (Dom7#11)
- Dm7b5 (m7b5)
- Ddim7 (Dim7)
- Ddimmaj7 (DimMaj7)
- Ddimmaj7b13 (DimMaj7b13)
- Daugmaj7 (AugMaj7)
- Daug7 (Aug7)
- D9 (9)
- Dmaj9 (maj9)
- Dm9 (m9)
- Dadd9 (add9)
- D7b9 (7b9)
- D7#9 (7#9)
- D6/9 (6/9)
- Dm6/9 (m6/9)
- Dmmaj9 (m(maj9))
- D9sus4 (9sus4)
- D9b5 (9b5)
- D9#5 (9#5)
- Dmadd9 (madd9)
- D7b9#9 (7b9#9)
- Dsus2 (sus2)
- D11 (11)
- Dmaj11 (maj11)
- Dm11 (m11)
- D13 (13)
- Dmaj13 (maj13)
- Dm13 (m13)
- D7b13 (7b13)
- D7alt (7alt)