Am chord inversions

Am/C and Am/E are the first and second inversions of the A minor. This means that the bass tone is shifting from A to C or E.

Am/C

Am/E

Try in chord progressions

Am – Am/C – C
Am/E
– Em – G

Comments

When stumble upon these chord names, you can choose to ignore the alternate bass note and just play the regular A minor. It will always sound ok, but it may lack some subtle harmonic additions.

Alternative fingerings

A fingering for Am/C in closed position is XXX555.

Theory of the Am/C and Am/E chords

Both chords consist of the notes A, C, E. The difference is that the order of notes shifts. C is the bass note in the first inversion and E is the bass note in the second inversion.

Alternative chord names

Am/C is identical with C6(no5).

See also Am7 inversions

Chord construction

Am  x – A – E – A – C – E
Am/C  x – C – E – A – C – E
Am/E  E – A – E – A – C – E

Guitar versions of the chord

Notes in chord

Am  A – C – E
Am/C  C – E – A
Am/E  E – A – C

Only the order of notes differs