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C sharp minor major thirteen chord

About the C sharp minor major thirteen chord

C sharp 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.

Also called D flat minor major thirteen, which spells the same notes enharmonically. In shorthand it is commonly written C#mMaj13.

Inversions

C sharp minor major thirteen (root position)

Notes and intervals

1C sharpRoot
2EMinor 3rd
3G sharpPerfect 5th
4B sharpMajor 7th
5D sharpMajor 9th
6F sharpPerfect 11th
7A sharpMajor 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 sharp chords

Simpler triads

Suspended

Sixths and sevenths

Extensions

Altered

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C♯mMaj13 chord on piano shown as colored note dots
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