Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

CmC Minor

CRoot

D♯tone

Gtone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · 5 · Notes C · D♯ · G

How to play it

Cm fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), 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 — A-shape, 4th (x 4 6 6 5 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Minor guitar chord — E-shape, 9th (9 11 11 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Minor guitar chord — D-shape, 11th (x x 11 13 14 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Minor guitar chord — A-shape, 16th (x 16 18 18 17 16) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Minor guitar chord — Open (x 4 x 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Minor guitar chord — Open (x 4 x 1 2 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Minor guitar chord — Open (x 4 2 1 x x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Minor guitar chord — Open (x 4 2 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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 — A-shape, 4th (x 4 6 6 5 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Minor guitar tab — E-shape, 9th (9 11 11 9 9 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Minor guitar tab — D-shape, 11th (x x 11 13 14 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Minor guitar tab — A-shape, 16th (x 16 18 18 17 16) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Minor guitar tab — Open (x 4 x 1 x 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Minor guitar tab — Open (x 4 x 1 2 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Minor guitar tab — Open (x 4 2 1 x x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

C Minor guitar tab — Open (x 4 2 1 x 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

Sound

How Cm sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

rockpopclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · 5

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