C Minor Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Double Drop D Tuning)

The C Minor scale on guitar: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: C D Eb F G Ab Bb

Tuning: Double Drop D Guitar (D A D G B D)

Scales

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

d|-13--15-----|
B|-10--11--13-|
G|-10--12--13-|
D|-10--12--13-|
A|-11--13-----|
D|-12--13--15-|

CAGED - A Shape

d|--5---6---8-|
B|--3---5---6-|
G|--3---5---6-|
D|--3---5-----|
A|--3---4---6-|
D|--5---6---8-|

CAGED - G Shape

d|--6---8-----|
B|--3---5---6-|
G|--3---5---6-|
D|--3---5-----|
A|--3---4---6-|
D|--5---6---8-|

CAGED - E Shape

d|-10--12--13-|
B|--8--10--11-|
G|--8--10-----|
D|--7---8--10-|
A|--8---9--11-|
D|-10--12--13-|

CAGED - D Shape

d|-12--13--15-|
B|-10--11--13-|
G|-10--12--13-|
D|-10--12--13-|
A|-11--13-----|
D|-12--13--15-|

3NPS - First Position

d|-10--12--13-|
B|--8--10--11-|
G|--8--10--12-|
D|--8--10--12-|
A|--9--11--13-|
D|-12--13--15-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
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	`10 10 10 8 8 10`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`x x 10 8 8 x`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 5 6 7 6 x`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 12 10 9 12`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 6 7 6 x`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 11 12 10 x x`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 x`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 x x`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x x x 8 8 8`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 4 5`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`3 3 3 1 1 3`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x 8 10 10 9 x`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x 8 6 5 6 x`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`5 5 5 3 3 5`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`x 10 12 12 11 x`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`x 10 8 7 8 x`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1 1`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 x`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`6 6 6 5 4 x`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 11 10 8 9 x`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 3`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 x`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`x x 8 7 6 x`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`8 8 8 7 6 x`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
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 1`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 x x`
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`
II	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 6 5 3 x`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 5 3 3 5`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 6 8 7 8 x`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 5 5 3 x x`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`3 3 1 1 1 3`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`3 3 1 1 1 x`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 3 1 4 x`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 8 6 8 6 x`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`5 5 3 3 3 5`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`5 5 3 3 3 x`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x 5 3 6 x`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 10 8 10 8 x`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x 11 10 8 8 10`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x 11 13 12 13 x`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x 3 1 0 1 x`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x 3 5 5 4 x`
VII	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 1 3 1 3 x`
VII	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`8 8 8 10 9 x`
VII	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 13 12 13 11 x`
VII	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 5 6 7 6 x`

Ninth Chords

Chords

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

Triads

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Cm	C Eb G	`x x 10 8 8 x`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`x x 5 5 4 x`
I	Cm	C Eb G	`x 10 10 8 x x`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x x 6 7 6 x`
II	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 11 12 10 x x`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 x x`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x x x 8 8 8`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x x 13 12 11 x`
III	Eb	Eb G Bb	`x 1 1 0 x x`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 x x`
IV	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 10 10 9 x`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`x 5 5 3 x x`
V	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 12 12 11 x`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1 1`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 x`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x 11 10 8 x x`
VI	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 x`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 3`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`x x 8 7 6 x`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`x 13 12 10 x x`
VII	Bb	Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3 x`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 x x`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x x 10 8 11 x`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 1 1 0 x x`
I	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 x x`
II	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 x x`
II	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 5 6 5 x x`
II	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x x 12 10 13 x`
II	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 5 5 3 x x`
III	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x x 12 12 11 x`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 3 1 4 x`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 8 6 8 x x`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1 1`
IV	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 x`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x 5 3 6 x`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 10 8 10 x x`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 3`
V	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3 x`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x x 5 5 4 x`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x x 10 8 8 x`
VI	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`x 10 10 8 x x`
VII	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x x 6 7 6 x`
VII	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`x 11 12 10 x x`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 5 5 3 x x`
I	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x x 12 12 11 x`
II	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x x 1 1 1`
II	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 1 1 1 x`
II	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 1 x x`
II	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 x`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 3`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3 x`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 5 3 3 x x`
III	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x x 8 7 6 x`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x x 5 5 4 x`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x x 10 8 8 x`
IV	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`x 10 10 8 x x`
V	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x x 6 7 6 x`
V	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`x 11 12 10 x x`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 1 1 0 x x`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 3 1 3 x x`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 6 5 3 x x`
VI	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x x 5 3 4 x`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 3 3 1 x x`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 5 3 5 x x`
VII	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 5 6 5 x x`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Cm – Ddim – Eb – Fm – Gm – Ab – Bb

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

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|
B|4-----------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---|1---------------1---------------1---------------1---------------|
G|3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------|1---------------1---------------1---------------1---------------|
D|5---5-----------5---5-----------5---5-----------5---5-----------|3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---|
A|6---------------6---------------6---------------6---------------|3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|3---6-----------3---6-----------3---6-----------3---6-----------|

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

d|3-----------8---3-----------8---3-----------8---3-----------8---|
B|3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------|
G|3---7-----------3---7-----------3---7-----------3---7-----------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Three Note Runs

Chords: Cm – Ddim – Eb – Fm – Gm – Ab – Bb

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

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|4---------------------------------------------------------------|1---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|3-------------------------------3-------3---5---3---5---7---5---|1---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5---3---5---3---5---6---5---6-------6---------------------------|3-------------------------------------------------------1-------|
A|6---------------------------------------------------------------|3-------------------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---5-------5---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|3---5---6---5---6-------6---------------------------------------|

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

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

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