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DADGAD tuning

Am on guitar

Am is a minor, spelled A, C and E. In DADGAD tuning (D2 A2 D3 G3 A3 D4) the easiest shape is x02232, which sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 4 strings at fret 2, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.

Notes and intervals

NoteACE
Interval1P3m5P

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

A minor, open position, capo 02
x02232sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 4 strings at fret 2, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A minor, position 5, capo 05fr2134
x07577sits at fret 5, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A minor, position 9, capo 09fr213
x0109010sits at fret 9, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
A minor, position 7, capo 07fr1324
70109010sits at fret 7, spans 3 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
A minor, position 14, capo 014fr2
x014141514sits at fret 14, needs a barre across 4 strings at fret 14, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A minor, position 3, capo 03fr3214
x07537sits at fret 3, spans 4 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
A minor, position 12, capo 012fr1234
x12141415xsits at fret 12, spans 3 frets and mutes 2 strings
A minor, position 10, capo 010fr12
10010xxxsits at fret 10, needs no stretch at all, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
A minor, open position, capo 02
x0223xsits at fret 2, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 2, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
A minor, open position, capo 02
xxx232sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2 and mutes 3 strings
A minor, open position, capo 023
232232sits at fret 2 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 2
A minor, open position, capo 02
23220xsits at fret 2, needs a barre across 4 strings at fret 2, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string

Keys Am belongs to

Am is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

Am in another tuning

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