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C minor guitar shapes

Popular fretboard positions with fingering suggestions

Showing 8 of 60 playable shapes

About the chord

C minor guitar chord

The C minor minor chord, composed of the root (C minor), minor third E♭, and perfect fifth G, evokes a melancholic or introspective emotion. The lowered third E♭ gives it a somber, contemplative quality, contrasting with the major chord’s brightness, and is often used to express depth and emotional complexity.

Root note: C
Quality: minor
Chord tones: 3
Playable shapes: 60

Chord tones

CE♭G

Notes & Intervals

Each note below shows how the chord is built from its root. This is the theory layer underneath the fretboard shapes.

C Unison (Root) 1

The root anchors the chord and defines its tonal center.

E♭ Minor Third ♭3

This note supplies the minor color and gives the chord its darker emotional pull.

G Perfect Fifth 5

The fifth reinforces stability and gives the chord its strong harmonic frame.

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