Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

AmA Minor

F♯Root
Atone
C♯tone

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

How to play it

Am fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 0 2 2 1 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Minor guitar chord — E-shape, 5th (5 7 7 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Minor guitar chord — D-shape, 7th (x x 7 9 10 8) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Minor guitar chord — A-shape, 12th (x 12 14 14 13 12) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Minor guitar chord — E-shape, 17th (17 19 19 17 17 17) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Minor guitar chord — D-shape, 19th (x x 19 21 22 20) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Minor guitar chord — Open (x 0 2 x 1 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Minor guitar chord — Open (x 0 2 x 1 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
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 0 2 2 1 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Minor guitar tab — E-shape, 5th (5 7 7 5 5 5) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Minor guitar tab — D-shape, 7th (x x 7 9 10 8) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Minor guitar tab — A-shape, 12th (x 12 14 14 13 12) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Minor guitar tab — E-shape, 17th (17 19 19 17 17 17) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Minor guitar tab — D-shape, 19th (x x 19 21 22 20) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Minor guitar tab — Open (x 0 2 x 1 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
A Minor guitar tab — Open (x 0 2 x 1 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
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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