C Minor 13th (Cm13)
Notes in C Minor 13th
Inversions
Same notes as C Minor 13th, with a different chord tone as the lowest note. Useful for smoother movement between chords instead of jumping around the keyboard.
Root position
C in the bass
1st inversion
Eb in the bass
2nd inversion
G in the bass
3rd inversion
Bb in the bass
4th inversion
D in the bass
5th inversion
F in the bass
6th inversion
A in the bass
Open voicings
A close-position chord like C Minor 13th can sound cluttered in the middle of the keyboard. Jazz players open it up by dropping one note down an octave, spreading the same notes wider without changing the chord.
Drop 2
C on the bottom
Drop 3
C on the bottom
Press C, Eb, G, Bb, D, F and A together on the keyboard and you're playing C Minor 13th.
A minor eleventh chord extended to the thirteenth, dense and colorful on paper and almost always played with a few of the middle notes thinned out. What's left has a lush, cinematic quality that turns up in jazz ballads and film scoring whenever a minor chord needs real depth.