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C minor 7th guitar shapes

Popular fretboard positions with fingering suggestions

Showing 8 of 38 playable shapes

About the chord

C minor 7th guitar chord

The C minor 7th minor 7th chord, blending the minor triad with a minor seventh B♭, deepens the emotional resonance of the minor tonality. The combination of the minor third E♭ and minor seventh B♭ gives it a smooth, jazzy character, frequently used in blues, soul, and jazz.

Root note: C
Quality: minor 7th
Chord tones: 4
Playable shapes: 38

Chord tones

CE♭GB♭

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.

B♭ Minor Seventh ♭7

The minor seventh adds bluesy or jazzy tension that wants to move onward.

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