Irish bouzouki Cm chord (GDAE)C minor: 0 1 3 3, and 3 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: 0 1 3 3 (open position) · Cm/G
- G course: open, G
- D course: 1st fret, index finger, E♭
- A course: 3rd fret, ring finger (barre), C
- E course: 3rd fret, ring finger (barre), G
Sounds: G E♭ C G · Cm is C, E♭, G (1 · ♭3 · 5)
Found in: G minor (iv), B♭ major (ii), E♭ major (vi), A♭ major (iii), F mixolydian (v), B♭ mixolydian (ii)
Open courses that ring: G is a note of Cm, so it can drone under it.
No 3rd: C5 (5 5 3 3) leaves the 3rd out, so it backs C major, mixolydian, dorian and minor tunes alike.
Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.
The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.
More Cm shapes
- 5 5 6 x
5fr - 8 10 10 8
8fr · Cm/Eb - 0 10 10 11
10fr · Cm/G
Cm in session keys
- C dorian (i, a main chord): Cm – B♭ – Cm
- C minor (i, a main chord): Cm – B♭ – A♭ – B♭
- G minor (iv): Gm – Cm – F – Gm (with the minor iv)
Other C chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE
Other minor chords
Cm in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app