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A Minor 7th Chord on Piano (Am7)

A minor 7th (Am7) is spelled A - C - E - G. It sounds like Am with an extra G, the note that gives it its soft, warm colour. Learn the shape and the inversions, then practise Am7 by playing.

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Am7 A C E G

Playing Am7 with each hand

Hand	A	C	E	G
Right hand	1 (thumb)	2	3	5 (little)
Left hand	5 (little)	3	2	1 (thumb)

Play Am7 broken first, A, C, E, G one by one, then together: a wrong key stands out.

Am7 without the fifth

Am7 A C G

Root, third, seventh: A C G. It is the shape to learn first, and it moves smoothly to the next chord.

Learning Am7 step by step

Start in root position: A, C, E, G, four times, eyes on the symbol.
Walk up through the inversions (C E G A, E G A C, G A C E) without lifting the whole hand.
Loop Am7 → D7 → Gmaj7 until the change into and out of Am7 is clean.
Finally meet it in random order between other chords, with a check on every note.

A few minutes every day on Am7 beat one long session a week.

Four 7th chords on A

Play the four in a row and listen to each colour.

Chord	Notes	What changes
A7	A C# E G	major 3rd, minor 7th
Amaj7	A C# E G#	major 3rd, major 7th
Am7	A C E G	minor 3rd, minor 7th
Am7b5	A C Eb G	minor 3rd, flat 5th, minor 7th
Adim7	A C Eb Gb	minor 3rd, flat 5th, 7th one key lower again

Four ways to play Am7

In the 3rd inversion G is the lowest note: the seventh in the bass.

Am7 A C E G

Root position: A C E G

Am7 C E G A

1st inversion: C E G A

Am7 E G A C

2nd inversion: E G A C

Am7 G A C E

3rd inversion: G A C E

What Am7 does in music

Am7 is the ii chord of G major, the iii of F major and the vi of C major.
As ii in a ii-V-I it starts the most common jazz cadence: Am7 → D7 → Gmaj7.
Am7 has the same notes as C6 (C E G A): with A in the bass it is Am7, with C in the bass it is C6.

ii-V-I: Am7 → D7 → Gmaj7 · Am

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Practise Am7 by playing

Knowing Am7 on paper is step one. ChordRunner makes you find it fast, mixed with other chords. MIDI keyboard or microphone, both work.

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Common questions

What is the difference between Am7 and Am?

Am7 adds one note to the Am triad: G, the minor seventh. That fourth note is what makes it a seventh chord.

Can I play Am7 with three notes?

Yes. Leave out the fifth and play A C G: root, third and seventh. It still sounds like Am7 and is easier for the left hand.

Where does Am7 go?

Am7 is the ii chord of G major, the iii of F major and the vi of C major. As ii in a ii-V-I it starts the most common jazz cadence: Am7 → D7 → Gmaj7.

Can I practise Am7 with a MIDI keyboard?

Yes. In ChordRunner a USB MIDI keyboard is detected automatically, and an acoustic piano works through the microphone. Am7 counts in any inversion, as long as A, C, E, G sound together.

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A Minor 7th Chord on Piano (Am7)

Playing Am7 with each hand

Am7 without the fifth

Learning Am7 step by step

Four 7th chords on A

Four ways to play Am7

What Am7 does in music

Practise Am7 by playing

Common questions

What is the difference between Am7 and Am?

Can I play Am7 with three notes?

Where does Am7 go?

Can I practise Am7 with a MIDI keyboard?

Your instrument is the controller.

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A7 Chord on Piano (A Dominant 7th)

A Major 7th Chord on Piano (Amaj7)

A Half-Diminished Chord on Piano (Am7b5)

A Diminished 7th Chord on Piano (Adim7)

A Minor Chord on Piano (Am)