Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

CM♭13C Major Flat 13th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭6 · Notes C · E · G · G♯

How to play it

CM♭13 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 4th position (x 5 6 4 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 9 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 6th position (9 9 9 9 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 16th position (x 17 18 16 18) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 17th position (x 17 18 17 17) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 18th position (21 21 21 x 18) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 18th position (21 21 21 21 18) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

CM♭13 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 4th position (x 5 6 4 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 6 5 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 9 x 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 6th position (9 9 9 9 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 16th position (x 17 18 16 18) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 17th position (x 17 18 17 17) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 18th position (21 21 21 x 18) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 18th position (21 21 21 21 18) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Sound

How CM♭13 sounds

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Character

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Moods

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · ♭6

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