Latin Minor Progression in C Minor for Guitar

The C Minor scale on guitar: the Latin Minor progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: C D Eb F G Ab Bb

Tuning: E Standard (E A D G B E)

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--8--10--11-|
B|--8--10--11-|
G|--8--10-----|
D|--7---8--10-|
A|--8---9--11-|
E|--8--10--11-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 3`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 x`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`x 3 1 0 1 x`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`x x x 5 4 3`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 5 6 7 6 x`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 12 10 9 10`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`10 11 12 10 x x`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 6 7 6 x`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x x 1 3 4 3`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 3`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 x`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 x x`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 1 1 1`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 1`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 4`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3 3 3`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 3`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 6`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 1 4`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 6 6 5 4 4`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 4 4`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 4`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 1`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 x`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 1`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`6 5 3 3 3 6`

Latin Minor (i–iv–v–i)

Chords: Cm – Fm – Gm – Cm

e|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|
B|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|1---------------------------4---6---1---------------------------|
G|5-----------3---5-------------------5-----------3---5-----------|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|
D|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|3-----------1---3-------------------3-----------1---3-----------|
A|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

e|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|
B|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|
G|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|5-----------3---5-------------------5-----------3---5-----------|
D|5-----------3---5-------------------5-----------3---5-----------|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|
A|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|
E|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 3`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 x`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 5 3 4 x`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 3`
II	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x x 0 1 1 1`
II	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 6 5 6 x`
II	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
II	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 x x`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 3`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 8 7 8 6`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 6`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 1`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 3 1 4 x`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 4`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 3`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 x`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 5 3 6 x`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 1 3`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x x x 1 1 3`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 3 1 1 4 3`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`4 6 6 5 4 3`
VII	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 3 3 4`
VII	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 1`
VII	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 x`
VII	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`6 5 3 3 3 4`

Latin Minor (i–iv–v–i)

Chords: Cm7 – Fm7 – Gm7 – Cm7

e|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|
B|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|1---------------------------4---6---1---------------------------|
G|3-----------3---5-------------------3-----------3---5-----------|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|
D|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|1-----------1---3-------------------1-----------1---3-----------|
A|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

e|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|
B|3---------------------------6---8---3---------------------------|4-------------------4---8-----------4-------------------4---8---|
G|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|3-----------3---5-------------------3-----------3---5-----------|
D|3-----------3---5-------------------3-----------3---5-----------|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|
A|5-------5---------------------------5-------5-------------------|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|
E|3---6-------------------------------3---6-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 5 8 x`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 5 8 8 8 x`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`8 10 8 8 8 10`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 1 3 3 3`
II	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 12 10 13 11`
II	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 1`
II	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
II	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 x`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 1 3 3 1`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 3 3 3 x`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 6 5 7 6 x`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`11 10 12 10 x x`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 3 1 1 1 3`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 10 13 x`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`13 10 13 13 13 x`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x x 1 0 1 1`
V	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 5 3 6 4`
V	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 5 7 6 4`
V	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 3 3 4`
V	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 1`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 3 5 3 x x`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`4 6 5 3 x x`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 3 4 3`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 6 8 8 6`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 1 0 1 1 1`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`6 3 6 3 6 x`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 13 12 13 13 10`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x x 0 1 1 1`

Latin Minor (i–iv–v–i)

Chords: Cm9 – Fm9 – Gm7b9 – Cm9

e|----------------------------6---8-------------------------------|3-----------------------------------3---------------------------|
B|8-----------------------8-----------8-----------------------8---|1---------------------------4---6---1---------------------------|
G|5---------------5---8---------------5---------------5---8-------|1-------------------1---5-----------1-------------------1---5---|
D|8-------5---8-----------------------8-------5---8---------------|1-----------1---3-------------------1-----------1---3-----------|
A|5---6-------------------------------5---6-----------------------|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|
E|8-----------------------------------8---------------------------|1---4-------------------------------1---4-----------------------|

e|4-------------------6---4-------------------6---4---------------|----------------------------6---8-------------------------------|
B|6-----------6---8-------6-----------6---8-------6-----------6---|8-----------------------8-----------8-----------------------8---|
G|3---3---7---------------3---3---7---------------3---3---7-------|5---------------5---8---------------5---------------5---8-------|
D|5-----------------------5-----------------------5---------------|8-------5---8-----------------------8-------5---8---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|5---6-------------------------------5---6-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|8-----------------------------------8---------------------------|

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