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Fig. 1 · C13 on the keyboard

piano chord

C13

C1E3G5B♭♭7D9A13

Seven notes in theory and four or five in anyone’s hands: root, third, seventh and thirteenth carry it.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

C13 is C, E, G, B♭, D and A — 1, 3, 5, b7, 9 and 13 counted from C.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 6, the 5, 9 and 1 go first, in that order.

C in other shapes

Cadd9added ninthC9dominant ninthCmaj9major ninthCmajorCmminorCdimdiminished

C♯13D♭13D13D♯13E♭13E13F13F♯13all 374