Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3

AmA Minor

F♯Root
Atone
C♯tone

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

How to play it

Am fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · 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 — Open (x x 2 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar chord — Open (2 2 2 1 2 2) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (x 7 5 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (x x 14 13 14 14) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (14 14 14 13 14 14) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (x 19 17 17 19 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar chord — Open (2 x x 1 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar chord — Open (2 2 x 1 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · 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 — Open (x x 2 1 2 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar tab — Open (2 2 2 1 2 2) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (x 7 5 5 7 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (x x 14 13 14 14) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (14 14 14 13 14 14) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (x 19 17 17 19 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar tab — Open (2 x x 1 2 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 3
A Minor guitar tab — Open (2 2 x 1 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · 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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