A minor chord also referred to commonly as Am Chord is another beginner level open chord. This chord uses 3 fingers and with a little bit of practice you will be able to play this chord easily. If you have mastered the E major chord, this chord needs no practice. All you have to do is move the E major chord finger position for all the fingers by one string down.
The A minor consists of 3 notes – A, C and E notes. Now let us learn to play the Am chord in 3 simple steps
Playing A minor chord in 3 simple steps
Take a look at the A minor chord guitar diagram. This chord uses only 3 fingers and therefore an easy one to master.
Step 1 : Place your first or index finger in 1st fret of the 2nd string (B string)
Step 2 : Place your second or middle finger in 2nd fret of 4th string (D string)
Step 3 : Place your third of ring finger in 2nd fret of 3rd string (G string)
Now play the bottom 5 strings starting from the fifth string (A string) in one stroke. Note that there is a ‘O’ mark in fifth string, which means you have to play that note and ‘X’ in sixth or low E string, which means you should note play that string). That is the A minor chord.
Tips for playing the perfect Am Guitar chord
You will have to arch or bend your fingers so that you don’t touch the other things. In case you touch the other fingers, then you will mute those strings and the notes from the muted strings will not clear it will be a ‘buzzy’ sound.
The A minor guitar chord is one of the most widely used guitar chords in many songs across all languages.
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Check the following links to learn the beginner chords.
- C Major Chord
- D Major Chord
- E Major Chord
- G Major Chord
- A Major Chord
- E Minor Chord
- D Minor Chord
- F Major Chord
- B Minor Chord
