Am7

A1C♭3E5G♭7

Minor triad with a minor seventh. The same four notes as a major sixth chord a third above.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x02010

open

Fig. 3

x0201x

open

Fig. 4

x02013

open

Fig. 5

535050

moderate

Fig. 6

532050

moderate

What is true of it

Am7 is A, C, E and G — 1, b3, 5 and b7 counted from A.

These are also the notes of C6/A. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x02010: 2 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

3 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are A, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Am7/C

x35055

second inversion

Am7/E

002010

third inversion

Am7/G

302010

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

A in other shapes

A7dominant seventh Amaj7major seventh Am(maj7)minor major seventh Amajor Amminor Adimdiminished

Cm7 C♯m7 D♭m7 Dm7 D♯m7 E♭m7 Em7 Fm7 all 374