Guitar chord · Minor
Am chord (A Minor)
Sad, deep, and melancholic fundamental minor triad.
Notes ACE
Formula 1 ♭3 5
Shapes 3 on this page
Am 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.
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 Am
These scales start on A and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Am is the chord of the moment.
A Minor A Minor Pentatonic A Blues A Major Blues A Dorian A Phrygian A Harmonic Minor A Melodic Minor A Half-Whole Diminished A Hungarian Minor A Dorian b2 A Ukrainian Dorian A Lydian #2 A Lydian b3 A Neapolitan Minor A Neapolitan Major A Augmented A Bebop Dorian A Hirajoshi A Phrygian b4 A Lydian #2 #6 A Ultraphrygian A Hungarian Major A Bebop Melodic Minor A Bebop Harmonic Minor
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Questions
- What notes are in a Am chord?
- Am is A, C, E: the 1, ♭3, 5 of A.
- How do you play Am on guitar?
- Open Am / Am-Shape: x 0 2 2 1 0; Open Em / Em-Shape: 5 7 7 5 5 5; Open Dm / Dm-Shape: x x 7 9 10 8 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with Am?
- Scales on A that contain every note of Am: A Minor, A Minor Pentatonic, A Blues, A Major Blues, A Dorian, A Phrygian.
Minor chords in every key
More A chords
A Adim A5 A7 Amaj7 Am7 Am(maj7) Amaj9 A9 Am9 Am11 A6 Am6 Aadd9 Asus4 Asus2 A7sus4 A7#9 Aaug Amaj7#5 Adim7 Am7b5 A7b9 A13 A6/9 A11 A9sus4 Amadd9 Aadd11 Am6/9 A7#5 A7b5 A7#11 Amaj13 Am13 Amaj11 A9#11 Amaj9#11 Amaj7#11 Am9b5 A7sus4b9 Am(maj9) A9#5 A9b5 A7b5b9 A7#5b9 A7#5#9 A7b5#9 A7b13 A13b9 A13#11 Am7#5 Amaj7b5 Adim(maj7) Amadd11