A Minor Chord on Guitar
Play A Minor on Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The A Minor chord is a darker, melancholic minor triad that anchors countless songs. It is built from the notes A, C, E. This page shows how to play A Minor on Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The A and E strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 1 over a 2-fret stretch. The E string stays silent, so 5 of 6 sound. The root is the A string itself. It sounds from A2 up to E4. 5 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 9.
Guitar is tuned E–A–D–G–B–E, with 15 frets to work with.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on A or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.