Cm7

C1E♭♭3G5B♭♭7

Minor triad with a minor seventh. The same four notes as a major sixth chord a third above.

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

5766

moderate

Fig. 3

5363

hard · no 5

Fig. 4

5366

hard · no 5

Fig. 5

536x

easy · no 5

What is true of it

Cm7 is C, E♭, G and B♭ — 1, b3, 5 and b7 counted from C.

These are also the notes of E♭6/C and D♯6/C. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 4 fingerings below is 5766: 4 fingers, held at the 5th fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 6 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are C, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Cm7/E♭

8a8a

second inversion

Cm7/G

0363

third inversion

Cm7/B♭

3333

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

C in other shapes

C7dominant seventh Cmaj7major seventh Cm(maj7)minor major seventh Cmajor Cmminor Cdimdiminished

C♯m7 D♭m7 Dm7 D♯m7 E♭m7 Em7 Fm7 F♯m7 all 374