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Cbm on guitar

Cbm is a minor, spelled Cb, Ebb and Gb. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is x20402, which sits at fret 2, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.

Notes and intervals

NoteCbEbbGb
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.

Cb minor, open position, capo 0132
x20402sits at fret 2, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
Cb minor, position 5, capo 05fr2134
75077xsits at fret 5, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Cb minor, position 7, capo 07fr23
799777sits at fret 7 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 7
Cb minor, position 4, capo 04fr324
754407sits at fret 4, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 4 and lets 1 string ring open
Cb minor, open position, capo 0231
xx443xsits at fret 3, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
Cb minor, position 9, capo 09fr132
xx911010sits at fret 9, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
Cb minor, position 10, capo 010fr21
xx011010sits at fret 10, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
Cb minor, position 11, capo 011fr1
xx0110xsits at fret 11, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings
Cb minor, position 14, capo 014fr
14140xxxsits at fret 14, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 14, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
Cb minor, position 12, capo 012fr231
141412xxxsits at fret 12, spans 2 frets and mutes 3 strings
Cb minor, open position, capo 01432
x20432sits at fret 2, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Cb minor, open position, capo 0342
x24432sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 2 and mutes 1 string

The five shapes

Every shape below is one of the five open chords moved up the neck, with a finger — or the nut — standing in for the open strings. Cbm turns up as an A shape and an E shape: A at fret 2, E at fret 7.

Cb minor, open position, capo 0342
A shapeCbm as an A shape: barre at fret 2, fingered x24432.
Cb minor, position 7, capo 07fr23
E shapeCbm as an E shape: barre at fret 7, fingered 799777.

Keys Cbm belongs to

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

Cbm in another tuning

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