Cm(maj7)

C1E♭♭3G5B7

Minor triad, major seventh — the tonic chord of harmonic minor.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x31003

open

Fig. 3

x3100x

open

Fig. 4

x31403

hard

Fig. 5

8a9888

moderate · barre

Fig. 6

x3140x

easy · no 5

What is true of it

Cm(maj7) is C, E♭, G and B — 1, b3, 5 and 7 counted from C.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x31003: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

2 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are C, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Cm(maj7)/E♭

x65503

second inversion

Cm(maj7)/G

331003

third inversion

Cm(maj7)/B

x2101x

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

C in other shapes

C7dominant seventh Cmaj7major seventh Cm7minor seventh Cmajor Cmminor Cdimdiminished

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