Chord and FretCm on ukulele
On the ukulele, the high reentrant G makes every shape light — and with four strings, every note is exposed. In this Cm voicing the bass is Eb and the shape sits at fret 3, ringing 1 open string. Its soft nylon strings sound warm and mellow, light enough to float gently over a song.
Notes in Cm: C – Eb – GFormula: 1 – b3 – 5In the formula, the numbers count steps of the major scale starting from the note that names the chord; "b" lowers a half step, "#" raises one — and a slash names the bass note.
Where to use it: The home chord of sad songs, it is the minor tonic — in other words, the arrival point where the music comes to rest. Inside a major key it becomes the famous relative minor (Am within C major) or the step that prepares a chord of tension.
Every region of the neck hides more shapes of Cm on ukulele. In Chord and Fret, you check it note by note, playing any shape as an arpeggio; compare positions with their difficulty marked; and set a capo — the diagrams redraw above it. Start free. Unlock everything with Pro. Plays offline.
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