Banjo Cm7 chord (Double C)C minor seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 3 3 1, and 6 more shapes

Cm7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 0 3 3 1, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Cm7 (C minor seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 0 3 3 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 3 3 1 (open position)

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

Sounds: C B♭ E♭ E♭  ·  Cm7 is C, E♭, G, B♭ (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g is the 5th of Cm7, so let it ring.

Double C tuning: gCGCD, 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 Double C once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Cm7 shapes

  1. 31gCB♭CE♭0 3 0 1
    open
  2. 341gE♭B♭CE♭3 3 0 1
    open
  3. 113gCB♭E♭G0 3 3 5
    open
  4. 7fr213gCE♭GB♭0 8 7 8
    7fr
  5. 7fr1234gGE♭B♭C7 8 10 10
    7fr
  6. 10fr2314gCGB♭E♭12 12 10 13
    10fr

Other C chords in Double C

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other minor seventh chords

Gm7Am7Dm7Cm7Bm7Em7Fm7B♭m7

Cm7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

All Double C banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app