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“Open chord” means
Playing The that one or more strings

are left unpressed, allow-
A Minor ing the chord to ring out.

Minor chords in written form have a lowercase “m” next to it’s chord name. So an A minor
chord is written simply as Am.
The Am chord is the perfect chord to learn after E major because it uses the exact same fin-
gering as our E chord that we just learned. The only difference is that we move each finger
down one string.
Let’s try it!

F G
C D
G # A

E F
B C
X F G

The X symbol that sits next to the nut in the diagram above indicates that you must mute the string or don’t play it at
all, while directs you to play that string open, with no fingering on that string.

To form an Am chord you will place your fingers onto the green FretBand labels.

1. Place your second finger (middle) on the second fret of the D string. You’re on the fourth string,
second fret. This note is a E.

2. Place your ring finger down on the second
fret of the G string. This is the second fret,
third string. This note is a A.

3. Place your index (pointer) finger on the first
fret of the B string. This is the first fret, sec-
ond string. This note is a C.

4. Strum only the highest five strings.
(Remember, when you see X next to a
string you must either mute the string or don’t
play it at all.)

5. From top to bottom, pick each string indi-
vidually while listening for any problems.