Minor chords are my favorite, the sad sounding chords that really bring in the moodiness of music.  You ready???  They are constructed of three notes:

1 – root
3 – third (minor)
5- fifth
 
Minor chords are written with a lowercase “m” to the right of the capital letter representing the chord, for example: A minor is written “Am” or sometimes “Ami.”

Am

Bm, Cm

Too hard!  Move along partner!  You will find it in the chapter on bar chords.

Ok ok…here’s Bm:

Bm

B minor is not actually an open chord but a bar chord, which is much trickier.  I put it in here because there’s no good way to play a B minor chord otherwise, and lots of songs require a Bmi.  Give it a shot if you like but don’t worry if you can’t get it right–there will be a chapter on bar chords that will go into them in more detail soon!

Dm

Em

Fm

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