Irish bouzouki Am7 chord (GDAD)A minor seventh: 2 2 3 5, and 3 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: 2 2 3 5 (from the 2nd fret)
- G course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), A
- Low D course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
- A course: 3rd fret, middle finger, C
- High D course: 5th fret, little finger, G
Sounds: A E C G · Am7 is A, C, E, G (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)
Open courses that ring: G and A are notes of Am7, so they can drone under it.
With a capo: on the 2nd fret it’s 0 0 1 3 (frets counted from the capo), an open Gm7 shape.
Tuning GDAD: G D A D, low to high.
The app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD, so it opens on these shapes.
More Am7 shapes
- 5 5 7 7
5fr · Am7/C - 0 7 7 10
7fr · Am7/G - 0 10 0 10
10fr · no 5th, Am7/G
Other A chords, Irish bouzouki GDAD
Other minor seventh chords
Am7 in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki GDAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app