Am guitar chord
A minor. Notes: A C E.01
BeginnerEasy shape
Open position · Soft & familiar
Place your first finger first, then the two above it.
String by string, low to high
- Low E muted: don’t play it
- A open (A)
- D fret 2, finger 2 (E)
- G fret 2, finger 3 (A)
- B fret 1, finger 1 (C)
- High E open (E)
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IntermediateHarder shape
E-shape · fret 5 · Full & movable
Root on the 6th string at fret 5. Set your first finger across fret 5 first, then add the others.
String by string, low to high
- Low E fret 5, finger 1 (A)
- A fret 7, finger 3 (E)
- D fret 7, finger 4 (A)
- G fret 5, finger 1 (C)
- B fret 5, finger 1 (E)
- High E fret 5, finger 1 (A)
Hear it, then check it
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Open Am in Chordbyte03
Practise changing to Am
Four-chord progressions with Am in them. Each opens in Chordbyte with a metronome, a play-along and a one-minute changes drill.
- C major, I–V–vi–IV: C G Am FAs in “Let It Be” by The Beatles.
- C major, I–vi–IV–V: C Am F GAs in “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King.
- C major, vi–IV–I–V: Am F C GAs in “Zombie” by The Cranberries.
- G major, I–ii–IV–V: G Am C D
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