Standard
C minor thirteenth · Frets 3–5
Cm13 guitar chord
What it is
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Standard
C major thirteenth · Open position
Standard
C major thirteenth sharp eleven · Open position
How to play Cm13 on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the three strings from the A to the G at the 3rd fret, your ring finger on the D string at the 5th fret, your middle finger on the B string at the 4th fret and your little finger on the high E string at the 5th fret. Don’t play the low E string.
From the low E string x 3 5 3 4 5 (x: not played, 0: open)
An easier Cm13
The full shape is a barre chord, hard at first. This one needs no full barre and sounds much the same: your index finger on the A string at the 3rd fret, your middle finger on the G string at the 3rd fret, your ring finger on the B string at the 4th fret and your little finger on the high E string at the 5th fret. Let the D string ring open. Don’t play the low E string.
x 3 0 3 4 5
Cm13, the easier shape
StandardFrets 3–5 · 5 strings, 1 open
What notes are in Cm13?
Cm13, C minor thirteenth, is C, E♭, G, B♭, D, F and A: the root (C), the minor third (E♭), the perfect fifth (G), the minor seventh (B♭), the ninth (D), the eleventh (F) and the thirteenth (A). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 9 11 13.
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