Am Chord on Acoustic Guitar
The Am chord is a great chord to learn after learning your G, C, D and Em chords because it works very well with those chord combinations in songs.
There’s really only one way I play the Am chord and you can see that below.
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Am Chord on Guitar
Staying true to easy open chords, the Am chord is play with fingers 1, 2 and 3 on strings 4, 3 and 2 respectively. The Am chord like the A major chord is a 5 string chord, so you should not play the top string.
If you know how to play an E major chord, it’s the same exact shape, but everything is shifted down by one string.
The Am chord usually doesn’t have to many muting issues like the A major chord and tends to be a fairly comfortable chord to play even for people with larger fingers.
