Am6 chord on 7-String Guitar – Drop A

in Drop A (A-E-A-D-G-B-E) tuning

○○○2314AEAEACF#
Am6
Minor 6
Notes:A · C · E · F#
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
AAACEF#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
0 0 0 2 2 1 2– – – 2 3 1 4A E A E A C F#medium
x 5 3 2 2 5 2– 3 2 1 1 4 1x A C E A E F#medium · barre on fret 2
x 5 3 4 5 x x– 3 1 2 4 – –x A C F# C x xmedium
0 0 0 4 5 5 0– – – 1 2 3 –A E A F# C E Eeasy
0 5 7 7 5 7 5– 1 2 3 1 4 1A A E A C F# Amedium · barre on fret 5
0 8 7 7 9 7 8– 2 1 1 4 1 3A C E A E F# Cmedium · barre on fret 7
0 8 9 10 9 x x– 1 2 4 3 – –A C F# C E x xmedium
0 0 9 10 9 10 0– – 1 2 1 3 –A E F# C E A Eeasy · barre on fret 9
0 0 12 10 11 10 12– – 3 1 2 1 4A E A C F# A Emedium · barre on fret 10
0 2 0 2 2 1 0– 2 – 3 4 1 –A F# A E A C Emedium
x 5 3 4 2 x x– 4 2 3 1 – –x A C F# A x xmedium
x 5 3 4 x x x– 3 1 2 – – –x A C F# x x xmedium
0 0 0 4 5 5 5– – – 1 2 3 4A E A F# C E Amedium
x 5 7 7 5 7 5– 1 2 3 1 4 1x A E A C F# Amedium · barre on fret 5
0 0 7 7 9 7 8– – 1 1 3 1 2A E E A E F# Cmedium · barre on fret 7
0 8 9 x x x x– 1 2 – – – –A C F# x x x xeasy

The Am6 chord (Minor 6) is built from the notes A, C, E, F#. Below are playable fingerings for 7-String Guitar – Drop A generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the Am6 chord is built

Formula: 1 · ♭3 · 5 · 6

DegreeSemitonesNote
10A
♭33C
57E
69F#

More A chords

Other roots

See Am6 in another tuning

What notes make up the Am6 chord?

Am6 is a Minor 6 chord built from the notes A, C, E, F#.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.