Banjo Cm chord (C Tuning)C minor on the 5-string banjo: 0 0 1 1, and 5 more shapes

Cm chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 0 0 1 1, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Cm (C minor) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 0 0 1 1, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 0 0 1 1 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): open, C
  2. String 3 (G): open, G
  3. String 2 (B): 1st fret, index finger (barre), C
  4. String 1 (D): 1st fret, index finger (barre), E♭
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

Sounds: C G C E♭  ·  Cm is C, E♭, G (1 · ♭3 · 5)

Found in: C dorian (i), G minor (iv), C minor (i), B♭ major (ii), E♭ major (vi), A♭ major (iii)

The 5th string: the short g is the 5th of Cm, so let it ring.

C Tuning tuning: gCGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose C Tuning once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Cm shapes

  1. 1gCGE♭0 0 4 x
    open
  2. 311gE♭GCE♭3 0 1 1
    open
  3. 213gCCE♭G0 5 4 5
    open
  4. 7fr1234gGE♭GC7 8 8 10
    7fr
  5. 12fr123gCGCE♭0 12 13 13
    12fr

Other C chords in C Tuning

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other minor chords

GmAmDmCmBmEmFmB♭mE♭mF♯mC♯mA♭m

Cm in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

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