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D minor major thirteen chord

About the D minor major thirteen chord

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

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

Inversions

D minor major thirteen (root position)

Notes and intervals

1DRoot
2FMinor 3rd
3APerfect 5th
4C sharpMajor 7th
5EMajor 9th
6GPerfect 11th
7BMajor 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 D chords

Simpler triads

Suspended

Sixths and sevenths

Extensions

Altered

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DmMaj13 chord on piano shown as colored note dots
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