C Minor Chord on Guitalele
Play C Minor on Guitalele: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The C Minor chord is a darker, melancholic minor triad that anchors countless songs. It is built from the notes C, Eb, G. This page shows how to play C Minor on Guitalele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The G and C strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 1 over a 3-fret stretch. The E string stays silent, so 5 of 6 sound. C falls on the A string. It sounds from C3 up to C5.
Guitalele is tuned A–D–G–C–E–A, with 15 frets to work with. Guitar shapes work unchanged on guitalele — finger them exactly as charted; every shape sounds a perfect fourth higher than on guitar.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on C or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.