Six String Guitar · Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

CM♭13C Major Flat 13th

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Etone

Gtone

G♯tone

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

How to play it

CM♭13 fingering positions

Drop D Tuning (DADGBE), 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 — Open (x 3 2 1 x 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 0 1 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — Open (x 3 2 1 1 3) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 x 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 6 0 x 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 x 0 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Flat 13th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 6 0 5 x) fretboard diagram in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

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 — Open (x 3 2 1 x 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 0 1 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — Open (x 3 2 1 1 3) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 x 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 0 5 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 6 0 x 0) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 x 0 5 4) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

C Major Flat 13th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 6 0 5 x) in Drop D Tuning (DADGBE)

Sound

How CM♭13 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · G♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · ♭6

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