What notes are in a Am7 chord?

Am7 is A, C, E, G: the 1, ♭3, 5, ♭7 of A.

How do you play Am7 on guitar?

Em7-Shape (6th String Root): 5 7 5 5 5 5; Am7-Shape (5th String Root): x 0 2 0 1 0 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with Am7?

Scales on A that contain every note of Am7: A Minor, A Minor Pentatonic, A Blues, A Dorian, A Phrygian, A Half-Whole Diminished.

Guitar chord · Minor 7th

Am7 chord (A Minor 7th)

Velvety smooth minor chord foundational to funk, R&B, and jazz.

Notes ACEG

Formula 1 ♭3 5 ♭7

Shapes 2 on this page

Am7 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, A.

Em7-Shape (6th String Root) 5 7 5 5 5 5

Am7-Shape (5th String Root) x 0 2 0 1 0

Interactive chord diagram

Am7 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕

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Scales to play over Am7

These scales start on A and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Am7 is the chord of the moment.

A Minor A Minor Pentatonic A Blues A Dorian A Phrygian A Half-Whole Diminished A Dorian b2 A Ukrainian Dorian A Bebop Dorian A Phrygian b4 A Lydian #2 #6 A Hungarian Major A Bebop Harmonic Minor

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Questions

What notes are in a Am7 chord?: Am7 is A, C, E, G: the 1, ♭3, 5, ♭7 of A.
How do you play Am7 on guitar?: Em7-Shape (6th String Root): 5 7 5 5 5 5; Am7-Shape (5th String Root): x 0 2 0 1 0 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Am7?: Scales on A that contain every note of Am7: A Minor, A Minor Pentatonic, A Blues, A Dorian, A Phrygian, A Half-Whole Diminished.

Minor 7th chords in every key

Cm7 C#m7 Dm7 Ebm7 Em7 Fm7 F#m7 Gm7 Abm7 Am7 Bbm7 Bm7