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Standard tuning

Cm on guitar

Cm is a minor, spelled C, Eb and G. In Standard tuning (E2 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 03124
x31013sits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
C minor, open position, capo 0132
x3504xsits at fret 3, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
C minor, position 8, capo 08fr23
81010888sits at fret 8 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 8
C minor, position 5, capo 05fr3214
86508xsits at fret 5, spans 3 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
C minor, open position, capo 0231
xx554xsits at fret 4, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
C minor, position 10, capo 010fr2
1110100xxsits at fret 10, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 10, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
C minor, position 13, capo 013fr3124
x151301315sits at fret 13, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
C minor, position 6, capo 06fr2143
861008xsits at fret 6, spans 4 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
C minor, position 11, capo 011fr231
xx1301311sits at fret 11, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
C minor, position 12, capo 012fr213
xx131213xsits at fret 12, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
C minor, open position, capo 021
x310xxsits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
C minor, open position, capo 0312
x3101xsits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings

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. Cm turns up as an A shape, an E shape and a D shape: A at fret 3, E at fret 8, D at fret 10.

C minor, open position, capo 0342
A shapeCm as an A shape: barre at fret 3, fingered x35543.
C minor, position 8, capo 08fr23
E shapeCm as an E shape: barre at fret 8, fingered 81010888.
C minor, position 10, capo 010fr1342
D shapeCm as a D shape: index finger at fret 10, fingered xx10121311.

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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