Am7 — bouzouki chord
Minor 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Am7 (A minor 7th) is built from A C E G: intervals 1 ♭3 5 ♭7.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 7-7-5 (A E G)
- Root position: 7-7-10 (A E C)
- 1st inversion: 10-7-7 (C E A)
- 1st inversion: 10-10-7 (C G A)
- 2nd inversion: 2-3-5 (E C G)
- 2nd inversion: 2-0-5 (E A G)
- 3rd inversion: 5-7-7 (G E A)
- 3rd inversion: 5-3-2 (G C E)
The open courses A are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists Am7 among its chords, so it is shown here as a shape reference.
Trichordo (D-A-D) and tetrachordo (C-F-A-D)
These shapes are for the three-course trichordo. A tetrachordo’s A and D courses are tuned the same, so the top two notes stay put and the low-D bass note moves two frets up the C course. The first shape, 7-7-5 on trichordo, becomes C 9, A 7, D 5 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.