CHORD GUIDE

Am chord on guitar (A minor)

The Am chord is the notes A, C and E. The usual shape is an open chord: x 0 2 2 1 0, from the low E string to the high E. The guitar above is set up with Am on the A key: tap it or press A to hear it, then strum the strings.

Play it on the guitar See the fingering

Press A or tap its pad to hear it

Notes: A C E
Frets: x 0 2 2 1 0
Shape: Open chord
Type: minor

How to play Am

Numbers are fingers: 1 index to 4 little

Your middle finger on the D string at the 2nd fret.
Your ring finger on the G string at the 2nd fret.
Your index finger on the B string at the 1st fret.
Let the A and high E strings ring open.
Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string.

Am up the neck

The same chord, higher and brighter

Am (up the neck)

Play it as 5 7 7 5 5 5, a barre at the 5th fret. Switch the guitar's chord level from Standard to Up to hear it.

Lay your index finger flat across the low E to the high E string at the 5th fret.
Your ring finger on the A string at the 7th fret.
Your little finger on the D string at the 7th fret.