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Drop D tuning

Cm on guitar

Cm is a minor, spelled C, Eb and G. In Drop D tuning (D2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is x31013, which sits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 13.

Notes and intervals

NoteCEbG
Interval1P3m5P

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

C minor, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 3 with finger 3, fret 1 with finger 1, open, fret 1 with finger 2, fret 3 with finger 4. Frets are relative to the capo.3124
x31013sits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
C minor, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 3 with finger 1, fret 5 with finger 3, open, fret 4 with finger 2, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.132
x3504xsits at fret 3, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
C minor, position 8, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 10 with finger 2, fret 10 with finger 3, fret 10 with finger 4, fret 8, fret 8, fret 8. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 8, strings 4 to 6.8fr234
101010888sits at fret 8 and needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 8
C minor, position 5, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 5, fret 6 with finger 2, fret 5, fret 5, muted, muted. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 5, strings 1 to 4.5fr2
5655xxsits at fret 5, needs a barre across 4 strings at fret 5 and mutes 2 strings
C minor, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, fret 5 with finger 2, fret 5 with finger 3, fret 4 with finger 1, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.231
xx554xsits at fret 4, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
C minor, position 10, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 10, fret 10, fret 10, open, fret 13 with finger 3, fret 11 with finger 2. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 10, strings 1 to 3.10fr32
10101001311sits at fret 10, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 10 and lets 1 string ring open
C minor, position 13, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 15 with finger 3, fret 13 with finger 1, open, fret 13 with finger 2, fret 15 with finger 4. Frets are relative to the capo.13fr3124
x151301315sits at fret 13, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
C minor, position 6, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 10 with finger 3, fret 6 with finger 1, fret 10 with finger 4, open, fret 8 with finger 2, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.6fr3142
1061008xsits at fret 6, spans 4 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
C minor, position 11, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, fret 13 with finger 2, open, fret 13 with finger 3, fret 11 with finger 1. Frets are relative to the capo.11fr231
xx1301311sits at fret 11, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
C minor, position 12, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, fret 13 with finger 2, fret 12 with finger 1, fret 13 with finger 3, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.12fr213
xx131213xsits at fret 12, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
C minor, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 3 with finger 2, fret 1 with finger 1, open, muted, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.21
x310xxsits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
C minor, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 3 with finger 3, fret 1 with finger 1, open, fret 1 with finger 2, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.312
x3101xsits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings

Keys Cm belongs to

Cm is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

Cm in another tuning

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