Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

CmC Minor

CRoot

D♯tone

Gtone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · 5 · Notes C · D♯ · G

How to play it

Cm fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

C Minor guitar chord — Open (0 0 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (x 5 4 5 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (12 12 13 13 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (x 17 16 17 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor guitar chord — Open (0 0 x 1 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor guitar chord — Open (0 0 4 1 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor guitar chord — 4th position (0 0 4 x x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor guitar chord — 4th position (0 x 4 x 5) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

Cm guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

C Minor guitar tab — Open (0 0 1 1 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (x 5 4 5 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (12 12 13 13 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (x 17 16 17 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor guitar tab — Open (0 0 x 1 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor guitar tab — Open (0 0 4 1 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor guitar tab — 4th position (0 0 4 x x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

C Minor guitar tab — 4th position (0 x 4 x 5) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How Cm sounds

Consonance

5/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

rockpopclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · 5

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