Am/E guitar chord
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About Am/E
Am/E gives the bass its own instruction: keep the upper chord, but make the lowest note. The slash separates those two jobs.
E is already the upper chord’s fifth, so this is second inversion. Hold the upper chord steady and move only the bass. That low line can connect nearby chords without jumping root to root.
Also written Am over E or Am with E in the bass.
How to use Am/E
In which keys. Every note of Am/E belongs to C major (the vi), D minor (the v), E minor (the iv), F major (the iii), G major (the ii) and A minor (the i).
What to play over Am/E
Useful scales
- +DG
Contains Am/E and adds fourth and flat seventh.
- +DEbG
Contains Am/E and adds fourth, sharp eleventh and flat seventh.
- +BDFG
Contains Am/E and adds second, fourth, flat thirteenth and flat seventh.
- +BDF#G
Contains Am/E and adds second, fourth, sixth and flat seventh.
- +BbDFG
Contains Am/E and adds flat second, fourth, flat thirteenth and flat seventh.
The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.