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C minor major thirteen chord

About the C minor major thirteen chord

C minor major thirteen sits outside the plain diatonic set, so it is borrowed to add color and tension. Think of it as a C minor-major thirteenth chord.

Its notes are C, E, G, B, D, F, and A. The intervals are a minor third, a perfect fifth, a major seventh, a major ninth, a perfect eleventh, and a major thirteenth.

Inversions

C minor major thirteen (root position)

Notes and intervals

1CRoot
2E flatMinor 3rd
3GPerfect 5th
4BMajor 7th
5DMajor 9th
6FPerfect 11th
7AMajor 13th

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Other C chords

Simpler triads

Suspended

Sixths and sevenths

Extensions

Altered

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CmMaj13 chord on piano shown as colored note dots
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