Standard
C major added flat thirteen · Frets 1–3
Cadd♭13 guitar chord
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How to play Cadd♭13 on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the two strings from the G to the B at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 3rd fret, your middle finger on the D string at the 2nd fret and your little finger on the high E string at the 3rd fret. Don’t play the low E string.
From the low E string x 3 2 1 1 3 (x: not played, 0: open)
An easier Cadd♭13
The full shape is a barre chord, hard at first. This one needs no full barre and sounds much the same: your middle finger on the D string at the 5th fret, your middle finger on the G string at the 5th fret, your middle finger on the B string at the 5th fret and your index finger on the high E string at the 4th fret. Don’t play the low E and A strings.
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Cadd♭13, the easier shape
StandardFrets 4–5 · 5th in bass · 4 strings
What notes are in Cadd♭13?
Cadd♭13, C major added flat thirteen, is C, E, G and A♭: the root (C), the major third (E), the perfect fifth (G) and the flat thirteenth (A♭). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭13.
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Major added flat thirteen chords in every key
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Cadd♭13 on other instruments
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