CAGED minor chord shapes

With the CAGED system for minor chords you can play any minor chord in five different positions on the guitar fretboard. If you haven't already, please have a look at the introduction of the CAGED system.

The CAGED system for minor chords uses the open minor chord shapes Am, Em and Dm introduced in the basic minor chords section, plus two new chord shapes for Cm and Gm.

CAGED pattern for minor chords

Here are the three basic minor chord shapes Am, Em and Dm plus the two new chord shapes Cm and Gm combined on the fretboard:

Minor chord shapes across the fretboard
Minor chord shapes across the fretboard

The numbers in the circles are the intervals / scale degrees. Please have a look at the introduction to intervals and chords if you haven't done so already.

Minor chord shapes

Playing all the notes of a given chord shape is often impractical or inappropriate. Below are commonly used versions of the minor chord shapes.

When in doubt: Here is an explanation of how to use movable chord shapes and here is help on how to read chord diagrams.

C minor shape

C minor shape variation 1
C minor shape
variation 1
C minor shape variation 2
C minor shape
variation 2

A minor shape

A minor shape
A minor shape

G minor shape

G minor shape variation 1
G minor shape
variation 1
G minor shape variation 2
G minor shape
variation 2

E minor shape

E minor shape variation 1
E minor shape
variation 1
E minor shape variation 2
E minor shape
variation 2
E minor shape variation 3
E minor shape
variation 3
E minor shape variation 4
E minor shape
variation 4

D minor shape

D minor shape
D minor shape

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