A-Minor Chord Variation for Guitar Working with some of my
guitar students in Concord and Walnut Creek CA recently, I took
the time to show them some A-minor chord variations for guitar.
One of the first chords you typically learn when taking guitar
lessons is the open A-minor chord. To add some enhancement and
color to songs using the A-minor chord, try the following: On
your first down strum (Beat 1 of 4 beats per measure) remove
your left hand 3rd finger. Now string 3 has no finger. This
changes chord name to A-minor 7th. Cool sound but now brace
yourself. For second down strum on your guitar slide your left
hand Am7 (A minor 7th) formation up two frets known as a whole
step. This creates a lush and very rich but dissonant sound
known as a Bm7/A. When you see a slash after chord name, the
letter name to the right of slash indicates the bass note thus
the open 5th string is known as the “A”. Then on final strums on
beats 3 and 4 of this simple one measure pattern you must do
following: Put your left hand 2n