Irish bouzouki Cm7 chord (GDAE)C minor seventh: 3 1 3 3, and 2 more shapes

Cm7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 3 1 3 3, open position
Cm7 (C minor seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 3 1 3 3, low course to high (Cm7/Bb). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 3 1 3 3 (open position) · Cm7/Bb

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

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

Open courses that ring: G is a note of Cm7, so it can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.

Hear it in the app ›

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 Cm7 shapes

  1. 5fr1123CGE♭B♭5 5 6 6
    5fr
  2. 8fr1131E♭B♭GC8 8 10 8
    8fr · Cm7/Eb

Other C chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

CCmC7Cm7C5Csus2Csus4Cmaj7Cadd9

Other minor seventh chords

Dm7Gm7Am7Em7Bm7Cm7Fm7F♯m7

Cm7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app