Banjo Cm7 chord (Sawmill)C minor seventh on the 5-string banjo: 1 3 0 1, and 4 more shapes

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

  1. String 4 (D): 1st fret, index finger, E♭
  2. String 3 (G): 3rd fret, ring finger, B♭
  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♭ B♭ C 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.

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 Cm7 shapes

  1. 5fr134gGE♭CB♭5 8 0 8
    5fr
  2. 7fr4213gCE♭GB♭10 8 7 8
    7fr
  3. 10fr124gCGB♭E♭10 0 10 13
    10fr
  4. 12fr2413gE♭B♭CE♭13 15 12 13
    12fr

Other C chords in Sawmill

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other minor seventh chords

Gm7Am7Dm7Cm7Bm7Em7Fm7B♭m7

Cm7 in other tunings

Open GDouble COpen DC Tuning

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