It is difficult to find a person who at least once in his life did not pick up a guitar. And among those who took it, it is generally impossible to find someone who would not see what the Am chord looks like.
It is with this chord that, as a rule, begins the training of a beginner guitarist in playing an instrument. Am is constructed as follows: 1st fret of the 2nd string, 2 fret of the 3rd string and 3rd fret of the 4th string. When you simultaneously clamp all these frets, you can draw your right hand along the strings and extract the Am chord. This is not difficult.
Am - a chord is not only easy, but also simply necessary for any, even the simplest harmony. If you look at the tabs of popular contemporary songs, then Am will be in almost every one.
From the musical point Am should be called "A minor", so if you hear such a phrase, then do not get lost, it's still the same chord.
The family of minor chords, in addition to Am, includes many other various harmonies and seventh chords. Septaccords on paper can be distinguished by the number 7 in the name.
For those who have a simple acoustic guitar at home , the Am chord can be a kind of way to stretch their fingers, because you can play it not only in the usual position, but also with barre on high frets. Beginners, of course, will not succeed without long-term training. But the result, if you invest time and perseverance in the learning process, will be impressive.
Yes, it will be useful to recall that Am is a “thieves” chord, that is, with its help, as well as with Dm and E, you can play, under certain conditions, half of the Beatles repertoire. Of course, one will have to forget about the original tonality, but acquaintances will be surprised.
By the way, we completely forgot about choosing a musical instrument. It's one thing if you need to accompany yourself at home or in the company of friends. Everything will be completely different if it is required to speak in public. If for the first case a classic guitar with nylon strings, the sound of which is quite quiet and saturated, is perfect, then for the second one you definitely need a guitar with a dreadnought-shaped body and a narrowed neck. Yes, on the “dreadnought” it is much easier to take a barre, however, the simplest Am-chord with which we started can turn into absolutely unplayable here, because with a narrow neck and fingers you have to put it in a different way, because of which constant monitoring will become a necessity left hand.
Many, having learned that it is more difficult to play the "dreadnought", immediately drop out of classes and become bassists, however, this is a mistake, because the harder it is in the beginning, the easier it is then. Agree that getting additional acoustic guitar skills is much better from a perspective point of view.
Well, you and I learned that the Am chord is very simple to play and popular with almost everyone. If you decide to learn how to play the classical acoustic guitar, you can hold the cards, because the result, ultimately, depends only on you, or rather, on your ability to learn and improve yourself. Not always the owners of expensive guitars become professionals. This quality comes only with time - first you need to at least learn how to take Am and learn the rest of the simple chords, and the technique, like experience, will come with time.