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

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

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

Sounds: E♭ 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.

Sawmill tuning: gDGCD, 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 Sawmill once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Cm shapes

  1. 3fr2314gGCE♭G5 5 3 5
    3fr
  2. 5fr142gGE♭CG5 8 0 5
    5fr
  3. 7fr3214gCE♭GC10 8 7 10
    7fr
  4. 10fr1234gCGCE♭10 12 12 13
    10fr
  5. 12fr213gE♭GCE♭13 0 12 13
    12fr

Other C chords in Sawmill

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other minor chords

GmAmDmCmBmEmFmB♭mE♭mF♯mC♯mA♭m

Cm in other tunings

Open GDouble COpen DC Tuning

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