1b35b7
Fig. 1 · Am7 on the keyboard

piano chord

Am7

A1C♭3E5G♭7

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

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

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.

A in other shapes

A7dominant seventhAmaj7major seventhAm(maj7)minor major seventhAmajorAmminorAdimdiminished

Cm7C♯m7D♭m7Dm7D♯m7E♭m7Em7Fm7all 374