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# C minor arpeggio on guitar

The C minor arpeggio has 3 notes: C, E♭, G.

| Note | C | E♭ | G |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Degree | 1 | ♭3 | 5 |

## C minor on the whole neck

Every C minor note from the open strings to fret 15, in standard E tuning (E A D G B E), by name; by degree under "Show more".

C minor Note names

C minor Degrees

## C minor in 5 positions

The neck split into the hand positions Practice Lab practices, one for each place a C falls on a string, with the notes its arpeggio run fingers there.

Position 1: frets 1–5, 7 notes

Position 2: frets 3–6, 7 notes

Position 3: frets 5–8, 7 notes

Position 4: frets 8–12, 8 notes

Position 5: frets 10–13, 7 notes

## Scales with C minor in them

Scales on this site that contain C minor as one of their chords, and the degree it is built on.

- [E♭ major](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/eb-major) on 6
- [A♭ major](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/ab-major) on 3
- [B♭ major](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/bb-major) on 2
- [C minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-minor) on 1
- [F minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/f-minor) on 5
- [G minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/g-minor) on 4
- [C Dorian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-dorian) on 1
- [F Dorian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/f-dorian) on 5
- [B♭ Dorian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/bb-dorian) on 2
- [C Phrygian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-phrygian) on 1
- [D Phrygian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/d-phrygian) on ♭7
- [G Phrygian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/g-phrygian) on 4
- [D♭ Lydian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/db-lydian) on 7
- [E♭ Lydian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/eb-lydian) on 6
- [A♭ Lydian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/ab-lydian) on 3
- [E♭ Mixolydian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/eb-mixolydian) on 6
- [F Mixolydian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/f-mixolydian) on 5
- [B♭ Mixolydian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/bb-mixolydian) on 2
- [D Locrian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/d-locrian) on ♭7
- [G Locrian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/g-locrian) on 4
- [A Locrian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/a-locrian) on ♭3
- [C harmonic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-harmonic-minor) on 1
- [G harmonic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/g-harmonic-minor) on 4
- [C melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-melodic-minor) on 1
- [B♭ melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/bb-melodic-minor) on 2
- [E♭ major pentatonic](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/eb-major-pentatonic) on 6
- [C minor pentatonic](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-minor-pentatonic) on 1
- [C blues](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-blues) on 1
- [A blues](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/a-blues) on ♭3
- [E♭ bebop dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/eb-bebop-dominant) on 6
- [F bebop dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/f-bebop-dominant) on 5
- [A♭ bebop dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/ab-bebop-dominant) on 3
- [B♭ bebop dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/bb-bebop-dominant) on 2
- [A altered](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/a-altered) on ♭3
- [B altered](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/b-altered) on ♭2
- [E♭ Lydian dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/eb-lydian-dominant) on 6
- [F Lydian dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/f-lydian-dominant) on 5
- [D Phrygian dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/d-phrygian-dominant) on ♭7
- [G Phrygian dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/g-phrygian-dominant) on 4
- [E, G, B♭ and C♯ diminished whole–half](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/e-diminished-whole-half) on ♭6
- [C, E♭, G♭ and A diminished half–whole](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-diminished-half-whole) on 1

## Minor arpeggio in every key

- C minor
- [C♯ minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/c-sharp-minor)
- [D minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/d-minor)
- [E♭ minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/eb-minor)
- [E minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/e-minor)
- [F minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/f-minor)
- [F♯ minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/f-sharp-minor)
- [G minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/g-minor)
- [G♯ minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/g-sharp-minor)
- [A minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/a-minor)
- [B♭ minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/bb-minor)
- [B minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/b-minor)

## Practice it in Practice Lab

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[Open it in Practice Lab](https://practice.graph.audio/#practice=arp-minor:0:arpeggio)
