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A minor seventh arpeggio for guitar (Am7)

Notes, positions, and fretboard fingerings for the A minor seventh arpeggio (Am7): A · C · E · G.

Instrument
Root
Chord
Triads
Sevenths
Position (CAGED)
Frets15
1224
Chord
Am7
ACEG
E
B
G
D
A
E
EGACEGCEGACGACEGAEGACEACEGACEGACEG35791512
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Legend

A
Root
· R
C
Third
· ♭3
E
Fifth
· 5
G
Seventh
· ♭7

Arpeggio sheet

Am7
Formula (degrees)
R ♭3 5 ♭7
Notes in key
A C E G
Typical use
Over minor chords (II, III, VI).

A minor seventh

The A minor seventh arpeggio is made up of: A · C · E · G.

The minor seventh arpeggio: the minor triad plus the minor seventh, the basic vocabulary for improvising over the ii, iii, and vi degrees.