C minor scale on guitar

The notes of the C minor scale

C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭

Formula: 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7. Steps from note to note: 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 semitones (whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole).

C minor is natural minor: 3 flats: E♭, A♭ and B♭, the same notes as E♭ major, its relative major.

In Hz, from C3: C3 130.8 · D3 146.8 · E♭3 155.6 · F3 174.6 · G3 196.0 · A♭3 207.7 · B♭3 233.1.

The C minor scale on guitar

One position, frets 7–11, low E string first: low E: 8 10 11 (C D E♭) · A: 8 10 11 (F G A♭) · D: 8 10 (B♭ C) · G: 7 8 10 (D E♭ F) · B: 8 9 11 (G A♭ B♭) · high E: 8 10 11 (C D E♭). 0 = open string.

The root C sits at fret 8 on the low E string and at fret 3 on the A string. Slide the same shape there for any other root.

C minor on the neck

C minor has three flats, E♭, A♭ and B♭, and on guitar the shape from the 8th fret puts them under your fingers without thinking. It is the relative minor of E♭ major. Players of metal and film music like it for its weight; the lowest C on a standard guitar is on the A string's 3rd fret.

More scales

Minor scale on guitar C minor scale on piano A minor scale on guitar E minor scale on guitar D minor scale on guitar C major scale on guitar C minor: scale and chords

How this page works

Hear it plays the scale up and down at 100 BPM on one of four Brumm sounds. Take it gives the same notes as a MIDI file and a WAV. − and + move the root. Every note here is computed from the formula.

Sources

Scales and modes: Open Music Theory, musictheory.net. Piano fingerings: the standard scale-book fingerings (ABRSM scale books; Hanon, The Virtuoso Pianist, part 3). Trumpet valves: the standard B♭ trumpet fingering chart (Yamaha, Bach). Hz: A4 = 440 Hz, ISO 16.

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