Explore
Play freely over a chord progression — no input evaluation, no scoring, just visually guided exploration with a few suggestions.
Chord progressions in C minor in open voicings, on mandolin
Explore the Minor Scale
Explore aeolian tones over a looping chord progression in the minor key — one root holds across the whole loop, and every chord is a place within it.
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Tempo
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What you’re practicing
Explore the Minor Scale
Explore aeolian tones over a looping chord progression in the minor key — one root holds across the whole loop, and every chord is a place within it.
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On the mandolin: four courses in fifths, G D A E, the first twelve frets.
The chords of C minor
C minor is C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭. The chord on each degree: Cm (i), D° (ii°), E♭ (III), Fm (iv), Gm (v), A♭ (VI), B♭ (VII). The loop draws from the 6 you can rest on — Cm, E♭, Fm, Gm, A♭, B♭ — one or two chords with Cm in front, or four from the progressions below. Every chord is also on the nest explorer, with its shapes.
Progressions in C minor the loop plays — the app’s own table for the minor mode, spelled in this key:
- Cm – B♭ (i–VII)
- Cm – Fm – Gm – Cm (i–iv–v–i)
- Cm – A♭ – E♭ – B♭ (i–VI–III–VII)
- Cm – B♭ – A♭ – B♭ (i–VII–VI–VII)
- Cm – Fm – B♭ – E♭ (i–iv–VII–III)
- Cm – B♭ – Fm – Gm (i–VII–iv–v)
- Cm – Fm – Gm (i–iv–v)
- Cm – B♭ – Fm (i–VII–iv)
- A♭ – B♭ – Cm (VI–VII–i)