# Cm, the C minor guitar chord

C minor almost never appears in open position, so this voicing is a rarity: dark and compact, with no barre needed. Only the middle four strings sound, and both E strings stay silent. Keep the strum narrow. A wide sweep drags in notes that clash.

Cm

## How to play it

- Index finger on the D string (4th), 1st fret.
- Middle finger on the B string (2nd), 1st fret.
- Pinky on the A string (5th), 3rd fret.
- Let the open G string (3rd) ring.
- Don't strum the low E string (6th) and high E string (1st). They stay silent in this shape.

## Changes to practice

Holding Cm still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice Cm as changes, alongside the rest of the Open Minors set:

- [Cm ↔ Em](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-minor/) C minor to E minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C.min.C~E.min.E)
- [Cm ↔ Am](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-minor/) C minor to A minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A.min.A~C.min.C)
- [Cm ↔ Dm](https://strumhold.com/chords/d-minor/) C minor to D minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C.min.C~D.min.D)
- [Cm ↔ Gm](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-minor/) C minor to G minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C.min.C~G.min.G)

## Same root, different color

- [C](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-major/), C major
- [C7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-7/), C dominant 7
- [Cm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-minor-7/), C minor 7
- [Cmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-major-7/), C major 7

## Hear yourself get faster

Strumhold listens to your guitar through your device's mic, a headset, or a line-in from your audio interface. You drill a chord change to a metronome and it scores every single change. Free, no account, works offline.

[Drill Cm in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C.min.C~E.min.E)