Cm

C1E♭♭3G5

The major triad with its third lowered by a half step.

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

5036

easy

Fig. 3

x036

easy

Fig. 4

5333

moderate

Fig. 5

533x

easy

Fig. 6

5336

hard

What is true of it

Cm is C, E♭ and G — 1, b3 and 5 counted from C.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 5036: 3 fingers, held at the 3rd 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. 7 — 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

Cm/E♭

x333

second inversion

Cm/G

0333

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

Cmajor Cdimdiminished Caugaugmented C5power chord Csus2suspended second Csus4suspended fourth

C♯m D♭m Dm D♯m E♭m Em Fm F♯m all 374