Irish bouzouki Am7 chord (GDAE)A minor seventh: 2 2 3 3, and 3 more shapes

Am7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 2 2 3 3, open position
Am7 (A minor seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 2 2 3 3, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 2 3 3 (open position)

  1. G course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), A
  2. D course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
  3. A course: 3rd fret, middle finger, C
  4. E course: 3rd fret, ring finger, G

Sounds: A E C G  ·  Am7 is A, C, E, G (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)

Open courses that ring: G, A and E are notes of Am7, so they can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Am7 shapes

  1. 11CGAE5 5 0 0
    open · Am7/C
  2. 7fr112GAEC0 7 7 8
    7fr · Am7/G
  3. 10fr1GCAE0 10 0 0
    10fr · Am7/G

Other A chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

AAmA7Am7A5Asus2Asus4Amaj7Aadd9

Other minor seventh chords

Dm7Gm7Am7Em7Bm7Cm7Fm7F♯m7

Am7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app