Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Cm7C Minor 7th

CRoot

D♯tone

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes C · D♯ · G · A♯

How to play it

Cm7 fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 7th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 3 x 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 7th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 3 1 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 7th guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 3 4 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 x 0 4 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 x 3 4 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 5 3 4 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 5 x 4 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (x 3 5 0 4 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Read it as tab

Cm7 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 7th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 3 x 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 7th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 3 1 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 7th guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 3 4 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 x 0 4 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 x 3 4 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 3 4 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 x 4 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

C Minor 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (x 3 5 0 4 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How Cm7 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

mellowsoulfulsmooth

Genres

jazzsoulr&b

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · D♯ · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7

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