Am7 ukulele chord

How to Play Am7 on Ukulele

The easiest shape is 0000: G string open · C string open · E string open · A string open.

Strings left to right are G, C, E and A, as the ukulele faces you. Numbers are frets; 0 means play the string open. Every shape is worked out from the notes the chord must contain and checked against them before it is published.

Notes in Am7

A ukulele has four strings, so a 4-note chord uses every string for a different note — there is nothing left to double. Because the G string is tuned high (reentrant tuning), the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not the G.

Songs and Keys That Use Am7

Am7 belongs to 3 major keys: C major (as the vi chord), F major (as the iii chord) and G major (as the ii chord).

• vi – IV – I – V — the pop-punk staple
• I – V – vi – IV — the most common progression in pop
• I – iii – IV – V — a bright, lifting movement

Am7 on Other Instruments

• Guitar: see the Am7 guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
• Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 5555. A baritone is tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, so guitar shapes carry over and standard-ukulele shapes do not. Tune one with the baritone ukulele tuner.
• Same notes: Am7 contains exactly the notes of C6, so one shape plays both.

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