Arpeggio

A Minor Arpeggio

The A minor arpeggio — A C E — mapped across the whole guitar neck, with every key it belongs to.

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Swipe the neck sideways to see the higher frets.

The A minor arpeggio is the A minor chord played one note at a time — A, C, E, which are the 1, b3, 5 of the A minor scale. Those same three notes are the i of A minor and the vi of C major — one shape, every key listed above.

Notes
A   C   E
Intervals
1   b3   5
As a 7th
A   C   E   G   (Am7)
Diatonic to
C major (vi)   D minor (v)   E minor (iv)   F major (iii)   G major (ii)   A minor (i)
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