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Cm7 Guitar Chord

A soft, warm sound typical of jazz, neo-soul, R&B and bossa nova. Combines the minor mood with a relaxed seventh coloring.

Guitar

Strings X–3–1–3–4–X

How to play the Cm7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–3–1–3–4–X from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 3 · middle finger
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · pinky
1st string (high E) Muted

Other names for the Cm7 chord

Other names: C minor 7th, Cmin7, C-7

Music theory name: minor seventh chord

Common name: C minor seven chord

Notes and intervals in the Cm7 chord

Note Interval
C Root
Eb Minor 3rd
G Perfect 5th
Bb Minor 7th

All variations

Open
X–3–1–3–4–X
Fret 3
3–3–5–3–4–3
Fret 4
X–X–5–5–4–6
Fret 8
8–10–8–8–8–8
Fret 8
8–X–8–8–8–X
Open
X–3–5–3–4–3

Songs using Cm7