Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

AmA Minor

F♯Root
Atone
C♯tone

Formula 6 · 1 · 3  ·  Notes F♯ · A · C♯

How to play it

Am fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (4 2 2 2) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (x 11 10 9) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (16 14 14 14) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (4 x 2 5) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 2 5) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 x 5) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 7 5) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

Am guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (4 2 2 2) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (x 11 10 9) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (16 14 14 14) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 2 x) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (4 x 2 5) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 2 5) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 x 5) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 7 5) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
Sound

How Am sounds

Consonance
5/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
sadmelancholyserious
Genres
rockpopclassical
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A · C♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · 1 · 3
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