Guitar tuning

Every chord in Open A Minor tuning

E·A·E·A·C·E

Open A Minor tuning is E A E A C E, low to high. Compared with standard tuning, the 4th string goes from D to E (up a whole step); the 3rd string goes from G to A (up a whole step); the 2nd string goes from B to C (up a semitone). This chart gives you an easy shape for 106 chords: major, minor, power, dominant 7, minor 7, major 7, sus2, sus4 and add9, on all 12 roots.

Strings run low to high (E A E A C E). A number is the fret, 0 is an open string and x is a string you don't play. A label such as 5fr beside a diagram marks where a shape starts higher up the neck. Tap any chord to open that exact shape in the app, along with every other way to play it.

C C# D Eb E F F# G Ab A Bb B

C chords in Open A Minor tuning

C x 3 3 3 4 3 407 voicings → Cm x 3 3 3 3 3 81 voicings → C5 x 3 3 3 x x 102 voicings → C7 x 3 3 1 0 0 256 voicings → Cm7 x 3 3 3 3 6 140 voicings → Cmaj7 x 3 3 2 0 0 328 voicings → Csus2 x 3 3 5 0 x 198 voicings → Csus4 x 3 3 3 5 3 132 voicings → Cadd9 x 3 3 5 0 0 432 voicings →

C# chords in Open A Minor tuning

C# x 4 4 4 5 4 96 voicings → C#m x 4 4 4 4 4 244 voicings → C#5 x 4 4 4 x x 44 voicings → C#7 x 4 4 4 5 7 116 voicings → C#m7 x 4 4 4 4 7 242 voicings → C#maj7 9 8 8 8 8 8 140 voicings → C#sus2 x 4 4 4 3 x 52 voicings → C#sus4 x 4 4 4 6 4 96 voicings → C#add9 x 4 4 6 5 4 40 voicings →

D chords in Open A Minor tuning

D x 5 5 5 6 5 253 voicings → Dm x 5 5 5 5 5 103 voicings → D5 x 5 5 5 x x 132 voicings → D7 x 5 5 5 6 8 328 voicings → Dm7 x 5 5 5 5 8 232 voicings → Dmaj7 10 9 9 9 9 9 160 voicings → Dsus2 x 0 0 0 2 0 547 voicings → Dsus4 x 5 5 5 7 5 282 voicings → Dadd9 x 5 5 5 6 0 416 voicings →

Eb chords in Open A Minor tuning

Eb x 6 6 6 7 6 96 voicings → Ebm x 6 6 6 6 6 52 voicings → Eb5 x 6 6 6 x x 41 voicings → Eb7 x 6 6 6 7 9 100 voicings → Ebm7 x 6 6 6 6 9 76 voicings → Ebmaj7 x 6 3 5 3 6 68 voicings → Ebsus2 x 1 1 1 3 1 52 voicings → Ebsus4 x 6 6 6 8 6 96 voicings → Ebadd9 x 6 6 8 7 6 56 voicings →

E chords in Open A Minor tuning

E 0 2 4 2 x x 240 voicings → Em 0 7 7 7 7 0 262 voicings → E5 0 2 0 x x x 167 voicings → E7 0 2 4 2 2 0 298 voicings → Em7 0 2 3 2 2 0 274 voicings → Emaj7 0 2 4 2 3 0 188 voicings → Esus2 0 2 2 2 x x 262 voicings → Esus4 0 0 0 2 x x 687 voicings → Eadd9 0 2 2 2 4 4 146 voicings →

F chords in Open A Minor tuning

F x 8 8 0 0 x 385 voicings → Fm x 8 8 8 8 8 96 voicings → F5 x 8 8 8 0 x 103 voicings → F7 x 8 5 6 5 8 148 voicings → Fm7 No easy shape 40 voicings → Fmaj7 1 0 0 0 0 0 702 voicings → Fsus2 x 3 3 3 5 3 132 voicings → Fsus4 1 1 1 1 0 x 184 voicings → Fadd9 x 8 8 10 9 8 180 voicings →

F# chords in Open A Minor tuning

F# 2 1 2 1 1 x 133 voicings → F#m x 9 9 9 9 9 180 voicings → F#5 x 9 9 9 x x 81 voicings → F#7 2 1 2 1 1 0 330 voicings → F#m7 x 9 9 9 9 0 448 voicings → F#maj7 2 1 1 1 1 1 128 voicings → F#sus2 x 4 4 4 6 4 96 voicings → F#sus4 x x 2 2 1 2 118 voicings → F#add9 2 1 4 1 1 x 108 voicings →

G chords in Open A Minor tuning

G 3 2 3 2 2 x 118 voicings → Gm 3 1 3 1 2 x 69 voicings → G5 x 5 3 5 x x 81 voicings → G7 x 10 7 8 7 10 100 voicings → Gm7 3 1 1 1 2 1 64 voicings → Gmaj7 3 2 2 2 2 2 120 voicings → Gsus2 x x 3 0 2 3 282 voicings → Gsus4 x x 3 3 2 3 198 voicings → Gadd9 3 2 5 2 2 x 256 voicings →

Ab chords in Open A Minor tuning

Ab 4 3 4 3 3 x 81 voicings → Abm 4 2 4 2 3 x 54 voicings → Ab5 x 6 4 6 x x 41 voicings → Ab7 No easy shape 40 voicings → Abm7 4 2 2 2 3 2 56 voicings → Abmaj7 4 3 3 3 3 3 108 voicings → Absus2 4 1 4 1 3 x 96 voicings → Absus4 x x 4 4 3 4 52 voicings → Abadd9 4 3 6 3 3 x 140 voicings →

A chords in Open A Minor tuning

A x 0 0 0 1 0 445 voicings → Am x 0 0 0 0 0 864 voicings → A5 x 0 0 0 x x 429 voicings → A7 x 0 0 0 1 3 448 voicings → Am7 x 0 0 0 0 3 536 voicings → Amaj7 x 0 0 0 1 4 304 voicings → Asus2 x 0 0 2 4 x 687 voicings → Asus4 x 0 0 0 2 0 547 voicings → Aadd9 x 0 0 2 1 0 378 voicings →

Bb chords in Open A Minor tuning

Bb x 1 1 1 2 1 67 voicings → Bbm x 1 1 1 1 1 91 voicings → Bb5 x 1 1 1 x x 56 voicings → Bb7 x 1 1 1 2 4 56 voicings → Bbm7 x 1 1 1 1 4 108 voicings → Bbmaj7 6 5 5 5 5 5 108 voicings → Bbsus2 x 1 1 1 0 x 184 voicings → Bbsus4 x 1 1 1 3 1 52 voicings → Bbadd9 x 1 1 3 2 1 132 voicings →

B chords in Open A Minor tuning

B x 2 2 2 3 2 52 voicings → Bm x 2 2 2 2 2 76 voicings → B5 x 2 2 2 x x 55 voicings → B7 x 2 2 2 3 5 120 voicings → Bm7 x 2 2 2 2 5 208 voicings → Bmaj7 7 6 6 6 6 6 68 voicings → Bsus2 x 2 2 2 1 x 118 voicings → Bsus4 x 2 2 2 4 2 262 voicings → Badd9 x 2 2 4 3 2 76 voicings →

No easy shape: Fm7, Ab7. The engine finds voicings for these, but none that avoid a thumb, a wide stretch or a muted string in the middle; each card links to all of them in the app.

Try any of these in the app

Open—Shape shows every voicing of every chord in Open A Minor tuning, and lets you hear them and chain them into a progression.

Open Open A Minor in the app Open A Minor tuning guide

Questions

Do my standard-tuning chord shapes still work in Open A Minor tuning?

Partly. 3 of the 6 strings change, so a standard shape that avoids them (it can only use the 6th, 5th, 1st strings) keeps its fingering and its sound. Any shape that uses a changed string sounds different and needs adjusting, which is what the chart above does for you.

How were these shapes chosen?

The chord engine searches every way to voice each chord in Open A Minor tuning, then these are the easiest of them: no thumb, at most four fingers, within four frets, a root or fifth in the bass, and no muted string between played ones, preferring low positions and fewer muted strings. Each card says how many other voicings exist, and tapping it opens that exact shape in the app.

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