Cbm
How to play the C Flat Minor Chord on your piano or keyboard
From the chord symbol Cbm we get the following information:
- The Cbm chord has the note Cb as root note
- The Cbm chord is a 3-note chord (a triad)
- The Cbm chord is a minor chord
Because Cbm is a 3-note chord it also has 3 inversions:
- Root inversion
- 1st. inversion
- 2nd. inversion
Cbm chord – Root inversion (basic inversion) looks like this: Cb – Ebb – Gb
Cbm chord – 1st. inversion (root note at the top of the chord): Ebb – Gb – Cb
Cbm chord – 2nd. inversion (root note in the middle of the chord): Gb – Cb – Ebb
Cbm chord – fingering:
Root inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | Cb | Ebb | Gb |
1st. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Note | Ebb | Gb | Cb |
2nd. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | Gb | Cb | Ebb |
Cbm chord – Closely related scales and harmonic functions:
The Cbm chord is the 1st. step in the Cb minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Cbm | Dbm(b5) | Ebb | Fbm | Gbm | Abb | Bbb |
The Cbm chord is the 4th. step in the Gb minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Gbm | Abm(b5) | Bbb | Cbm | Dbm | Ebb | Fb |
The Cbm chord is the 5th. step in the Fb minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Fbm | Gbm(b5) | Abb | Bbbm | Cbm | Dbb | Ebb |
The Cbm chord is the 6st. step in the Ebb major scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Ebb | Fbm | Gbm | Abb | Bbb | Cbm | Dbm(b5) |