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Steel-string acoustic guitar, seen from above
CHORD GUIDE

Cm7 chord on guitar (C minor seventh)

The Cm7 chord is the notes C, Eb, G and Bb. The usual shape is a barre at the 3rd fret: x 3 5 3 4 3, from the low E string to the high E. The guitar above is set up with Cm7 on the Q key: tap it or press Q to hear it, then strum the strings.

Play it on the guitarSee the fingering
The Acoustic guitar in Guitoro
Press Q or tap its pad to hear it
Notes
C Eb G Bb
Frets
x 3 5 3 4 3
Shape
Barre, 3rd fret
Type
minor seventh

How to play Cm7

Numbers are fingers: 1 index to 4 little

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Cm7
  1. Lay your index finger flat across the A to the high E string at the 3rd fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the D string at the 5th fret.
  3. Your middle finger on the B string at the 4th fret.
  4. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string.

Cm7 up the neck

The same chord, higher and brighter

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Cm7 (up the neck)

Play it as 8 10 8 8 8 8, a barre at the 8th fret. Switch the guitar's chord level from Standard to Up to hear it.

  1. Lay your index finger flat across the low E to the high E string at the 8th fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the A string at the 10th fret.

Chords that go with Cm7

These share a key with Cm7, so they sound right together, and they're on the pads next to it:

All the chords: guitar chord chart. Songs to practice them: easy guitar songs. Tune up first with the online guitar tuner.