Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A7♭13A Dominant 7th Flat 13th

F♯Root
A♯tone
C♯tone
Etone
Dtone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 4  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · D

How to play it

A7♭13 fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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).

A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 4 0 4 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 4 2 4 3) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 5 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 7 8 8 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (9 10 7 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 7 8 8 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 7th position (9 10 7 8 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 x 12 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Read it as tab

A7♭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.

A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 4 0 4 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 4 2 4 3) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 5 2 4 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 7 8 8 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (9 10 7 8 7 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 7 8 8 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 7th position (9 10 7 8 7 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
A Dominant 7th Flat 13th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 x 12 10 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)
Sound

How A7♭13 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
moodytense
Genres
jazzsoul
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E · D
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5 · 4
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