The C♭ Minor 13th chord (C♭m13) contains the notes C♭, E♭♭, G♭, B♭♭, D♭, F♭, and A♭. Its interval formula is R-m3-P5-m7-M9-P11-M13. A minor 11th plus the 13th — rich and chromatic, common in modal jazz comping.
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C♭m13
The C♭ Minor 13th chord is a seven-note chord made up of C♭, E♭♭, G♭, B♭♭, D♭, F♭, and A♭. It is built from a root, minor third, perfect fifth, minor seventh, major ninth, perfect eleventh, and major thirteenth.
Construction
C♭ Minor 13th = Root + Minor 3rd + Perfect 5th + Minor 7th + Major 2nd + Perfect 4th + Major 6th = C♭ · E♭♭ · G♭ · B♭♭ · D♭ · F♭ · A♭
Note
Interval
Degree
C♭
Root
1
E♭♭
Minor 3rd
♭3
G♭
Perfect 5th
5
B♭♭
Minor 7th
♭7
D♭
Major 2nd
9
F♭
Perfect 4th
11
A♭
Major 6th
13
Key Signature
A chord has no key signature of its own, but the C♭ Minor 13th is the tonic (i) chord of Cb Minor, which shares the signature of its relative major, D Major — 2 sharps (F♯, C♯).
F♯C♯
Order of sharps
Sharps are added to a key signature in a fixed order. Each new sharp key adds the next sharp on the list.
F♯C♯G♯D♯A♯E♯B♯
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Chords in the Key of C♭ Minor
These are the triads built on each degree of the C♭ minor scale:
The notes C♭ – E♭♭ – G♭ – B♭♭ – D♭ – F♭ – A♭ aren’t exclusive to this chord. Depending on which note is the bass and how the chord functions, the same pitches also spell the following:
Keep going with the Minor 13th chord — these pages cover the underlying theory, the connected reference material, and the practice tools that work with this chord.
The note names, intervals, fingering, and harmony on this chord page are grounded in the following sources. Public domain treatises and scores are linked to their full text; primary data is piano.org's own interval-derived reference dataset — continuously maintained and human-verified, with no fixed publication date.