Am/C Guitar Chord

The A minor over C is a minor chord. Explore fingerings, progressions, and theory analysis below.

Finger Positions

Minor
Am/C diagram
Root Note A
Name A minor over C
Intervals 1P-3m-5P
Relative Minor C
Notes A, C, E
Aliases Am, Amin, A-

Common Progressions Popular patterns using A

I-V-vi-IV

Am → Em → F → Dm

vi-IV-I-V

F → Dm → Am → Em

Diatonic Family (Triads)

Am Bdim C Dm Em F G

Diatonic Family (7ths)

Am7 Bm7b5 Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 G7

Scale Compatibility

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Minor Major Blues Minor Blues Melodic Minor Harmonic Minor Dorian Phrygian Vietnamese 1 Pelog Hirajoshi Minor Pentatonic Minor Six Pentatonic Flat Three Pentatonic Minor #7m Pentatonic Minor Hexatonic

* 15 scales found containing the notes A, C, E.

Audio & MIDI Analysis

MIDI Numbers 69, 60, 64
Frequencies (Hz)

440, 261.6255653005986, 329.6275569128699