Guitar chord reference
Minor 7 chord positions and CAGED shapes
A minor seventh chord adds a flattened 7th to a minor triad. The result supports minor-key harmony, Dorian sounds and compact movable voicings throughout the neck.
Chord construction and function
The ♭3 defines minor and the ♭7 softens the chord’s resolution. Treat those two guide tones as anchors when a full CAGED form is too large to use musically.
- Chord formula
- 1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7
- Notes in Cm7
- C · E♭ · G · B♭
Cm7 in CAGED neck order
Root notes are highlighted. Each region uses a compact playable voicing, with muted strings, suggested fingers and barres shown explicitly.
C shape
Fingers: × · 2 · 2 · ○ · 3 · ×
Finger 2 barre · fret 1 · strings 5–4
A shape
Fingers: × · 1 · 3 · 1 · 2 · ×
Finger 1 barre · fret 3 · strings 5–3
G shape
Fingers: 2 · 2 · 1 · 1 · × · ×
Finger 2 barre · fret 6 · strings 6–5
Finger 1 barre · fret 5 · strings 4–3
E shape
Fingers: 1 · 2 · 1 · 1 · × · ×
Finger 1 barre · fret 8 · strings 6–3
D shape
Fingers: × · × · 1 · 3 · 2 · 2
Finger 2 barre · fret 11 · strings 2–1
Practice drill
Arpeggiate 1–♭3–5–♭7 in every shape, then reduce each voicing to its nearest ♭3 and ♭7. Connect the reduced shapes before restoring the full chords.
Follow the guitar chord practice guide for clean placement, timed changes and connected CAGED movement.
Learn how the five movable forms overlap, where their roots sit and when to use partial voicings in the CAGED system guide.
Open the chord randomiser