Four String Banjo · Tenor (CGDA)

AmA Minor

F♯Root
Atone
C♯tone

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

How to play it

Am fingering positions

Tenor (CGDA), 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 (x 2 2 3) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (9 9 10 12) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (x 14 14 15) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
A Minor guitar chord — 7th position (9 x 10 7) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
A Minor guitar chord — 7th position (9 9 10 7) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
A Minor guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 10 x) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
A Minor guitar chord — 19th position (21 x 22 19) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
A Minor guitar chord — 19th position (21 21 22 19) fretboard diagram in Tenor (CGDA)
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 (x 2 2 3) in Tenor (CGDA)
A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (9 9 10 12) in Tenor (CGDA)
A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (x 14 14 15) in Tenor (CGDA)
A Minor guitar tab — 7th position (9 x 10 7) in Tenor (CGDA)
A Minor guitar tab — 7th position (9 9 10 7) in Tenor (CGDA)
A Minor guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 10 x) in Tenor (CGDA)
A Minor guitar tab — 19th position (21 x 22 19) in Tenor (CGDA)
A Minor guitar tab — 19th position (21 21 22 19) in Tenor (CGDA)
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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