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Hm7/A Guitar Chord

A soft, warm sound typical of jazz, neo-soul, R&B and bossa nova. Combines the minor mood with a relaxed seventh coloring. This is a slash chord — the bass note is A instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings X–0–4–2–3–2

How to play the Hm7/A chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–4–2–3–2 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Do not play
5th string (A) Play open
4th string (D) Fret 4 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 3 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · index finger

Notation for Hm7/A chord

Other names: H minor 7th, H min7, H-7

Music theory name: minor seventh chord

Common name: H minor seven chord

Intervals and tones in Hm7/A chord

Note Interval
H Root
D Minor 3rd
F# Perfect 5th
A Minor 7th

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