Cm7 ukulele chord
Mellow and smooth. Softer than a plain minor chord, and the backbone of soul, funk, and jazz comping.
C minor 7th · standard GCEA tuning · 2 shapes
How to Play Cm7 on Ukulele
The easiest shape is 3333: G string 3rd fret · C string 3rd fret · E string 3rd fret · A string 3rd fret.
Barre at fret 3
3 3 3 3
Up the neck, fret 6
0 0 6 6
Strings left to right are G, C, E and A, as the ukulele faces you. Numbers are frets; 0 means play the string open. Every shape is worked out from the notes the chord must contain and checked against them before it is published.
Notes in Cm7
A ukulele has four strings, so a 4-note chord uses every string for a different note — there is nothing left to double. Because the G string is tuned high (reentrant tuning), the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not the G.
Songs and Keys That Use Cm7
Cm7 belongs to 3 major keys: E♭ major (as the vi chord), A♭ major (as the iii chord) and B♭ major (as the ii chord).
- vi – IV – I – V — the pop-punk staple
- I – V – vi – IV — the most common progression in pop
- I – iii – IV – V — a bright, lifting movement
Cm7 on Other Instruments
- Guitar: see the Cm7 guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
- Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 1313. A baritone is tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, so guitar shapes carry over and standard-ukulele shapes do not. Tune one with the baritone ukulele tuner.
- Same notes: Cm7 contains exactly the notes of E♭6, so one shape plays both.
Related Ukulele Chords
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A right shape on an out-of-tune ukulele still sounds wrong. Check G, C, E and A in a few seconds.
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