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How to play the Cm7 piano chord

(Basic Cm7 piano chord and Inversions of the Cm7 piano chord)

  • Chord symbol: Cm7
  • The Cm7 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
  • A minor-seventh chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Minor third, Fifth, Minor seventh
  • The 4 notes in the Cm7 chord are: C – Eb – G – Bb
  • A minor-seventh chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Minor third at the bottom, The fifth at the bottom, Minor 7th. at the bottom.

In these piano chord charts you can see how to play the Cm7 piano chord in the 4 positions.

Cm7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)
Cm7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)

 

Cm7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)
Cm7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)

 

Cm7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)
Cm7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)

 

Cm7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)
Cm7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)

 

More on the Cm7 chord

  • The Cm7 chord is step 1 in the Cm minor (aeolian) scale.
  • The Cm7 chord is step 6 in the Eb major (ionian) scale

The C minor (aeolian) scale consists of the notes: C – D – Eb – F – G – Ab – Bb – (C)
The Eb major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: Eb – F – G – Ab – Bb – C – D – (Eb)

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