Cm7 Jazz Piano Voicings

Minor 7th

32 voicings · minor

Shell

C · Eb · Bb

Root · Min 3rd · Min 7th

Left Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Rootless A

Eb · G · Bb · D

Min 3rd · Perf 5th · Min 7th · 9th

Left Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Rootless B

Bb · D · Eb · G

Min 7th · 9th · Min 3rd · Perf 5th

Left Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

C · Eb · G · Bb

Root · Min 3rd · Perf 5th · Min 7th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Drop 2

G · C · Eb · Bb

Perf 5th · Root · Min 3rd · Min 7th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Drop 2

Bb · Eb · G · C

Min 7th · Min 3rd · Perf 5th · Root

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Drop 2

C · G · Bb · Eb

Root · Perf 5th · Min 7th · Min 3rd

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Drop 2

Eb · Bb · C · G

Min 3rd · Min 7th · Root · Perf 5th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Spread

C · Eb · G · Bb

Root · Min 3rd · Perf 5th · Min 7th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left Hand

Right Hand

Spread

C · Eb · G · Bb

Root · Min 3rd · Perf 5th · Min 7th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left Hand

Right Hand

Drop 3

Eb · C · G · Bb

Min 3rd · Root · Perf 5th · Min 7th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Drop 3

G · Eb · Bb · C

Perf 5th · Min 3rd · Min 7th · Root

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Drop 3

Bb · G · C · Eb

Min 7th · Perf 5th · Root · Min 3rd

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Drop 3

C · Bb · Eb · G

Root · Min 7th · Min 3rd · Perf 5th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

4-Way Close

C · Eb · G · Bb

Root · Min 3rd · Perf 5th · Min 7th

Right Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

4-Way Close

Eb · G · Bb · C

Min 3rd · Perf 5th · Min 7th · Root

Right Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

4-Way Close

G · Bb · C · Eb

Perf 5th · Min 7th · Root · Min 3rd

Right Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

4-Way Close

Bb · C · Eb · G

Min 7th · Root · Min 3rd · Perf 5th

Right Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Quartal

C · F · Bb · Eb

Root · Perf 4th · Min 7th · Min 3rd

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Quartal

G · C · F · Bb

Perf 5th · Root · Perf 4th · Min 7th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

So What

C · F · Bb · Eb · G

Root · Perf 4th · Min 7th · Min 3rd · Perf 5th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

So What

G · C · F · Bb · D

Perf 5th · Root · Perf 4th · Min 7th · 9th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Open

C · G · Eb · Bb

Root · Perf 5th · Min 3rd · Min 7th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left Hand

Right Hand

Two-Note Shell

C · Eb

Root · Min 3rd

Left Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Two-Note Shell

C · Bb

Root · Min 7th

Left Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Drop 2-4

C · G · Eb · Bb

Root · Perf 5th · Min 3rd · Min 7th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left Hand

Right Hand

Drop 2-4

Eb · Bb · G · C

Min 3rd · Min 7th · Perf 5th · Root

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left Hand

Right Hand

Drop 2-4

G · C · Bb · Eb

Perf 5th · Root · Min 7th · Min 3rd

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Drop 2-4

Bb · Eb · C · G

Min 7th · Min 3rd · Root · Perf 5th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left Hand

Right Hand

Block (Locked Hands)

Bb · C · Eb · G · Bb

Min 7th · Root · Min 3rd · Perf 5th · Min 7th

Both Hands

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Melody (Bb4) doubled an octave below (Bb3) with chord tones in between

Stride

C · Eb · G · Bb

Root · Min 3rd · Perf 5th · Min 7th

Left Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left hand alternates between bass note and chord

Beat 1 & 3 — C3

Beat 2 & 4 — Eb, G, Bb

Stride

G · Eb · G · Bb

Perf 5th · Min 3rd · Perf 5th · Min 7th

Left Hand

Difficulty

1 = beginner · 5 = advanced

Left hand alternates between bass note and chord

Beat 1 & 3 — G3

Beat 2 & 4 — Eb, G, Bb

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