Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

DM6♭13D Major 6th Flat 13th

ERoot

G♯tone

Btone

C♯tone

Ctone

Formula 2 · ♭5 · 6 · 7 · ♭7 · Notes E · G♯ · B · C♯ · C

How to play it

DM6♭13 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE), 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).

D Major 6th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 6th Flat 13th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 3 5 2 0 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Read it as tab

DM6♭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.

D Major 6th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 2 2 0 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

D Major 6th Flat 13th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 3 5 2 0 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE)

Sound

How DM6♭13 sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

tensecrowded

Genres

jazz

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G♯ · B · C♯ · C

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

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