Easy Question... Am7 Chord

hawkeye8388

Hey guys,

I am a beginner on the guitar. I am taking lessons, but tonight was looking to try Bob Dylan's Master of War, mainly because it looks simple for a beginner.

Anyhow, my guitar booklet does't list the hand positioning for the Am7 chord. Can someone fill me in on the difference between the Am chord?

Thanks!

Pearl Jam and toast

i believe it's...


e- 0
b- 3
g- 2
d- 2
a- 0
e- x

or something like that..

maybe both the B and high E strings are 3's (or just the high e). I dont remember exactly.

i think.

http://www.chordfind.com

hawkeye8388

Awesome, thanks for the link...very helpful.

moster78

Valuable website:

http://jguitar.com/chordsearch?chordsearch=am7

harrisonmerwin

Am7 in the open position is

E A D G B E
X 0 2 2 1 3

thats a good way to play it

Pearl Jam and toast

harrisonmerwin wrote:

Am7 in the open position is

E A D G B E
X 0 2 2 1 3

thats a good way to play it

i knew one of those ways i said was right

*Boy

i always play it like this

E A D G B E
X 0 2 0 1 0(/or X)

Echoes

*Boy wrote:

i always play it like this

E A D G B E
X 0 2 0 1 0(/or X)

I'm with you here. I don't really like having my seventh an octave up, so I just drop the second A (in this case, the 2 on the G string) to the seventh in Am, which is G, or 0

Pearl Jam and toast

*Boy wrote:

i always play it like this

E A D G B E
X 0 2 0 1 0(/or X)

hmm..

maybe me and harrisonmerwin are thinking of a different Amin variation.

cordfind says x 0 2 2 1 3 is Amajor7.

*shrugs*

Echoes

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

hmm..

maybe me and harrisonmerwin are thinking of a different Amin variation.

cordfind says x 0 2 2 1 3 is Amajor7.

*shrugs*

x02213 should be aminor seventh, since the seventh is G, and the 3 on the high E string is G

Pearl Jam and toast

Echoes wrote:

x02213 should be aminor seventh, since the seventh is G, and the 3 on the high E string is G

that's what i've always thought..

maybe it said amin7 but i misread it.

it's late you know .

seanw1010

i am 100% certian it is:
e- 3 4
b- 1 1
g -2 3
d- 2 2
a- 0
e- x

^frets ^fingers used

who's_pearljam?

Both are right!
There isn't really one way to play any chord, but most chord charts use the most common and easiest ways to finger them.

e- 0 -- 3 -- 5 -- 5 -- 5
b- 1 -- 1 -- 5 -- 5 -- 8
g- 0 -- 2 -- 5 -- 5 -- 5
d- 2 -- 2 -- 5 -- 5 -- 5
a- 0 -- 0 -- x -- 7 -- 7
e- x -- x -- 5 -- 5 -- 5

The first two are open A minor7 chords, the third is a common jazz version, the last two are barred versions and there're many more versions of it, too!

It just depends on the voicing you want. You need A, C, E and G notes, and any way you get them is Am7. THe 2nd version up there, with the G as the high note is the most "in your face" version, and the others are more subtle.

Ok, get practicing!