C♭m7 Chord on Guitar, Piano and Ukelele | How to Play it

The C♭ minor 7th chord (C♭m7) is built from a root note (C♭), a minor third (E♭♭), a perfect fifth (G♭) and a minor seventh (B♭♭):

C♭m7 chord [Musical explanation]

The C♭ minor seventh chord is a tetrad with formula 1 – ♭3 – 5 – ♭7. Therefore, to build it we need C♭ (1), E♭♭ (♭3), G♭ (5) and B♭♭ (♭7):

This is due to the fact that a minor seventh chord is made up of 3 third intervals:

If we apply this principle to the C♭m7 chord we obtain that:

Thus, this confirms that C♭ minor seventh chord is defined by:

Root (C♭) – Minor Third (E♭♭) – Perfect Fifth (G♭) – Minor Seventh (B♭♭)

To sum up, in order to build the C♭m7 chord we need to add the minor seventh (flat 7th) to the C♭ minor chord.

C♭m7 Guitar Chord

The C♭m7 chord guitar has the following shape on the fretboard:

Let’s analyze in detail this chord diagram above to make sure that we understand how to play the C♭m7 on guitar.

Let’s start by analyzing the 2 circles in blue, which indicate that on the strings 4 (D) and 2 (B) we have to place the fingers 3 (ring finger) and 2 (middle). In this case we have a barre chord, so we have to use as well the index finger (1) to press down the strings from 5 to 1.

Note by the way the number 1 in black on the left that indicates on which fret we start playing the chord.

On the other hand, at the top we see that we have the characters:

X  C♭  G♭ B♭♭  E♭♭  G♭

This simply means that in the:

And at the bottom we find the numbers:

1  5 ♭7 ♭3  5

This indicates that in the:

⚠️ Important: it is not mandatory to memorize all this information to play the C♭m7 chord on guitar. But it is highly recommended to know it in order to understand the musical theory behind each chord.

Other ways to play the C♭ minor 7 guitar chord

In addition to the diagram shown at the beginning of the article, we can also find the C♭m7 chord in the following fretboard positions:

C♭m7 chord inversions

The 3 inversions of the C♭ minor 7th chord are:

C♭m7 Ukulele Chord

Here you can see as well the C♭m7 uke chord diagram:

C♭m7 Piano Chord

To play the C♭m7 chord on piano we only need to find the same music notes on its keys:

Third Inversión (C♭m7/B♭♭)

Music scales in which the C♭ minor 7th chord can be found

• A major scale (harmonized with 7th chords)
  • Amaj7 C♭m7 D♭m7 Dmaj7 F♭7 G♭m7 A♭m7♭5
• G major scale (harmonized with 7th chords)
  • Gmaj7 A♭m7 C♭m7 D♭♭maj7 E♭♭7 F♭m7 G♭m7♭5
• D major scale (harmonized with 7th chords)
  • Dmaj7 F♭m7 G♭m7 A♭♭maj7 B♭♭7 C♭m7 D♭m7♭5
• C♭ natural minor scale (harmonized with 7th chords)
  • C♭m7 D♭m7b5 E♭♭maj7 F♭m7 G♭m7 A♭♭maj7 B♭♭7
• F♭ natural minor scale (harmonized with 7th chords)
  • F♭m7 G♭m7♭5 A♭♭maj7 B♭♭m7 C♭m7 D♭♭maj7 E♭♭7
• G♭ natural minor scale (harmonized with 7th chords)
  • G♭m7 A♭m7♭5 B♭♭maj7 C♭m7 D♭m7 E♭♭maj7 F♭7
• G♭ harmonic minor scale (harmonized with 7th chords)
  • G♭m(maj7) A♭m7♭5 B♭♭maj7#5 C♭m7 D♭7 E♭♭maj7 G♭♭dim7
• A melodic minor scale (harmonized with 7th chords)
  • Am(maj7) C♭m7 D♭♭maj7#5 E♭♭7 F♭7 Gdim7 A♭m7♭5

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