G to Am Chord Change

G to Am: what changes

Moving from G Major to A Minor changes 6 of the guitar's 6 strings — a challenging change.

No fretted note is shared between the two shapes, so every finger has to move — practice lifting and landing them together as one motion rather than one finger at a time.

Songs that use G and Am together

G and Am appear back to back in 3 songs in the String Warrior songbook: