F13#11: guitar chord voicings, inversions, scales and arpeggios
F13#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
- Eb13#11 → Cmaj7 (backdoor)
- C13#11 → C
- Bb13#11 – Fmaj7
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 F13#11
Other chord qualities on the F root
Compare this chord with other qualities sharing the same root.
- F (Major)
- Fm (Minor)
- Fdim (Diminished)
- Faug (Augmented)
- Fsus4 (Sus4)
- F6 (Maj6)
- Fmaj7 (Major 7)
- Fmaj7b5 (Maj7b5)
- Fmaj7sus4 (Maj7sus4)
- Fmaj7#11 (Maj7#11)
- Fm6 (Min6)
- Fm7 (Minor 7)
- Fmmaj7 (MinMaj7)
- F7 (Dominant 7)
- F7b5 (Dom7b5)
- F7sus4 (Dom7sus4)
- F7#11 (Dom7#11)
- Fm7b5 (m7b5)
- Fdim7 (Dim7)
- Fdimmaj7 (DimMaj7)
- Fdimmaj7b13 (DimMaj7b13)
- Faugmaj7 (AugMaj7)
- Faug7 (Aug7)
- F9 (9)
- Fmaj9 (maj9)
- Fm9 (m9)
- Fadd9 (add9)
- F7b9 (7b9)
- F7#9 (7#9)
- F6/9 (6/9)
- Fm6/9 (m6/9)
- Fmmaj9 (m(maj9))
- F9sus4 (9sus4)
- F9b5 (9b5)
- F9#5 (9#5)
- Fmadd9 (madd9)
- F7b9#9 (7b9#9)
- Fsus2 (sus2)
- F11 (11)
- Fmaj11 (maj11)
- Fm11 (m11)
- F13 (13)
- Fmaj13 (maj13)
- Fm13 (m13)
- F7b13 (7b13)
- F7alt (7alt)