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Am7 drop 3 voicings on guitar
Am7 drop 3 voices A, C, E, G with one note per string: 8 shapes, 4 inversions on 2 string sets. Each is the lowest grip without open strings, all within 4 frets. Drop-3 minor-seventh recipe: b3-1-5-b7 from the bass.
| Note | A | C | E | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Degree | 1 | ♭3 | 5 | ♭7 |
Am7 drop 3 on strings 6–2
Root position: A G C E from the bass
Grip 5-x-5-5-5-x · fret 51st inversion: C A E G from the bass
Grip 8-x-7-9-8-x · frets 7–92nd inversion: E C G A from the bass
Grip 12-x-10-12-10-x · frets 10–12Show 1 more inversionShow 2 more inversionsShow less
2nd inversion: E C G A from the bass
Grip 12-x-10-12-10-x · frets 10–123rd inversion: G E A C from the bass
Grip 3-x-2-2-1-x · frets 1–3Am7 drop 3 on strings 5–1
Root position: A G C E from the bass
Grip x-12-x-12-13-12 · frets 12–131st inversion: C A E G from the bass
Grip x-3-x-2-5-3 · frets 2–52nd inversion: E C G A from the bass
Grip x-7-x-5-8-5 · frets 5–8Show 1 more inversionShow 2 more inversionsShow less
2nd inversion: E C G A from the bass
Grip x-7-x-5-8-5 · frets 5–83rd inversion: G E A C from the bass
Grip x-10-x-9-10-8 · frets 8–10More Am7
Scales with Am7 in them
Scales on this site that contain this chord, and the degree it is built on.
- C major on 6
- F major on 3
- G major on 2
- D minor on 5
- E minor on 4
- A minor on 1
- D Dorian on 5
- G Dorian on 2
- A Dorian on 1
- E Phrygian on 4
- A Phrygian on 1
- B Phrygian on ♭7
- C Lydian on 6
- F Lydian on 3
- B♭ Lydian on 7
- C Mixolydian on 6
- D Mixolydian on 5
- G Mixolydian on 2
- E Locrian on 4
- F♯ Locrian on ♭3
- B Locrian on ♭7
- E harmonic minor on 4
- G melodic minor on 2
- C major pentatonic on 6
- A minor pentatonic on 1
- A blues on 1
- C bebop dominant on 6
- D bebop dominant on 5
- F bebop dominant on 3
- G bebop dominant on 2
- F♯ altered on ♭3
- C Lydian dominant on 6
- B Phrygian dominant on ♭7
- E, G, B♭ and C♯ diminished whole–half on 4
- C, E♭, G♭ and A diminished half–whole on 6
Use it in a progression
Progression pages that comp this chord, voice-led, with the numeral it plays.
- ii–V–I in G (Am7 as ii7)
- ii–V–I in A minor (Am7 as i7)
- I–vi–ii–V in C (Am7 as vi)
- I–vi–ii–V in G (Am7 as ii)
- Giant Steps (Am7 as 4a)
- All of Me (Am7 as 11)
Drop 3 m7 in every key
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