Banjo Cm7 chord (Open D)C minor seventh on the 5-string banjo: 1 4 3 1, and 2 more shapes

Cm7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 1 4 3 1, first position, with the short 5th string marked — Cm7 (C minor seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 1 4 3 1, string 4 to string 1 (no 5th). 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: 1 4 3 1 (first position) · no 5th

String 4 (D): 1st fret, index finger (barre), E♭
String 3 (F♯): 4th fret, little finger, B♭
String 2 (A): 3rd fret, ring finger, C
String 1 (D): 1st fret, index finger (barre), E♭
String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, not in the chord

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

The 5th string: the short f♯ adds the ♯4 over Cm7, a colour rather than a clash. This shape leaves out the G it would rub against.

With a capo: on the 5th fret it’s 0 1 1 3 (frets counted from the capo), an open Gm7 shape. Spike the 5th string at the 10th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.

Open D tuning: f♯DF♯AD, 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 Open D once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Cm7 shapes

5 6 6 8
5fr
10 9 10 8
8fr

Other C chords in Open D

C Cm C7Cm7Cmaj7 C6 Csus4 Csus2 Cdim Caug

Other minor seventh chords

Gm7 Am7 Dm7Cm7Bm7 Em7 Fm7 B♭m7

Cm7 in other tunings

Open G Double C Sawmill C Tuning

All Open D banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app