Arpeggio · Am△7 · Guitar
The Am△7 arpeggio is A – C – E – G♯ — chord tones 1 ♭3 5 7. Am△7 is a minor tonic with a raised seventh — the melodic-minor tonic; its sound is noir, cinematic. Below, every A, C, E, G♯ on the fretboard is marked, with the root in gold. Press play to hear a one-octave arpeggio, or tap any note.
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Guitar · standard tuning
Piano
Play runs the arpeggio up and down one octave in the position starting at fret 5. Tap any marked note to hear it. “Show” switches or combines the fretboard and keyboard; “Sound” picks the instrument you hear. Audio is synthesized in the browser.
Reference
| Chord tone | Note | Interval from A |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | unison (0 semitones) |
| ♭3 | C | minor 3rd (3 semitones) |
| 5 | E | perfect 5th (7 semitones) |
| 7 | G♯ | major 7th (11 semitones) |
Goes with: A Melodic minor (A B C D E F♯ G♯). Voicings: Am△7 voicings on guitar.
Common questions
A – C – E – G♯. As chord tones: 1 ♭3 5 7. Played one after another instead of together, that is the arpeggio.
Am△7 is a minor tonic with a raised seventh — the melodic-minor tonic. Its character is noir, cinematic.
A Melodic minor (A B C D E F♯ G♯) — the arpeggio is the skeleton of that scale, so practise them together.
Start on the root A on the low E string at fret 5 and play E-string fret 5, E-string fret 8, A-string fret 7, D-string fret 6, D-string fret 7. Then play it descending, then in eighth notes with a metronome, then over the a minor tonic with a raised seventh — the melodic-minor tonic.
Keep going
Same arpeggio on piano · Minor-major 7th hub · chord-scale theory.
Other arpeggios from A