Am7 chord fingering

[Jim Soloway]

The thread title is about Am7 and the first post is only about fingering. The OP has obviously found a way to describe what he wants to say in a quick way rather than laboriously spell the whole thing out with fret numbers and all the rest of it. Quite plainly 2x333x is not an Am7 chord so there's another reason for it.

It's not rocket science. A moment's thought would make it clear.

Perhaps to you. To me it may as well have been Greek. I had to read the thread to the point where someone explained it before I had any notion of what was being discussed. Apparently I am not even a toy rocket scientist

And thinking about the question that the OP was asking with a guitar in my hands (and using his notation), a lot of the time I just play it 1-x-1-1-1-1. That allows me to play a single note line above the chord and switch easily to the D moving horizontally or down to the b5 of the D moving vertically.

[Travelrock]

Thank you to all for share your experiences, I’ve learned several ideas from you!

[ragman1]

Perhaps to you.

I wasn't alone.

It wasn't instant. I read Am7, then I read fingering. When I saw the Bb/F# chord I thought 'uh?' and then realised he was describing fingering. Actually, it was quite an intelligent thing to do, a quick way to present it. It would be wrong to assume he also didn't know how to write chords that way properly.

And thinking about the question that the OP was asking with a guitar in my hands (and using his notation), a lot of the time I just play it 1-x-1-1-1-1. That allows me to play a single note line above the chord and switch easily to the D moving horizontally or down to the b5 of the D moving vertically.

I said that:

'Playing the full 6-string bar chord isn't usually done unless there's a reason for it'

The 2x333x is generally the comping or chord punch version. The full bar is good for chord melody and so on. Joe Pass used to use the open A too. A lot of players don't use the bass notes at all, just the top 4 strings. It's all determined by context.

[Jim Soloway]

I wasn't alone.

It wasn't instant. I read Am7, then I read fingering. When I saw the Bb/F# chord I thought 'uh?' and then realised he was describing fingering. Actually, it was quite an intelligent thing to do, a quick way to present it. It would be wrong to assume he also didn't know how to write chords that way properly.



I said that:

'Playing the full 6-string bar chord isn't usually done unless there's a reason for it'

The 2x333x is generally the comping or chord punch version. The full bar is good for chord melody and so on. Joe Pass used to use the open A too. A lot of players don't use the bass notes at all, just the top 4 strings. It's all determined by context.

In my context, a full barre is often a very use tool.