Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Cm9♭13C Minor 9th Flat 13th

CRoot

D♯tone

Gtone

A♯tone

Dtone

G♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · ♭6 · Notes C · D♯ · G · A♯ · D · G♯

How to play it

Cm9♭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).

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (0 0 3 3 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (0 0 2 3 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (0 1 3 2 1 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (0 1 2 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 0 3 5 5 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (0 3 3 3 5 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 5th position (0 7 7 5 6 6) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar chord — 10th position (12 12 10 10 11 12) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

Cm9♭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 Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (0 0 3 3 1 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (0 0 2 3 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (0 1 3 2 1 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (0 1 2 2 1 1) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 0 3 5 5 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (0 3 3 3 5 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 5th position (0 7 7 5 6 6) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Minor 9th Flat 13th guitar tab — 10th position (12 12 10 10 11 12) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How Cm9♭13 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

heavysomber

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · A♯ · D · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · 2 · ♭6

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