A Minor ukulele chord

The shape

Tap the diagram to hear A Minor strummed on the ukulele. A Minor on ukulele is 2000 (numbers are frets on the g-C-E-A strings, starting from the g string on the left). It sits in the first few frets, comfortable for beginners.

Standard gCEA high-Gtuning (soprano / concert / tenor). Baritone ukulele (DGBE) uses different shapes and isn't covered here yet.

The notes in A Minor

Because the uke's high-G string is re-entrant (it's a high note, not a bass), these notes don't stack low-to-high like a guitar — but the chord is the same: A (R), C (♭3), E (5).

What a minor chord is

a minor chord lowers the third of a major chord by one fret (a half step), giving root, flat third and fifth — one small change, a completely different mood.

How it's used: It's the home (i) of a minor key and the ii, iii and vi of a major key. That vi is the 'sad turn' in countless pop songs.

The sound: Darker, wistful, serious — the default 'sad' chord. Where you'll hear it: Minor-key songs, the emotional dip in major-key pop, film scores, metal.

Hear A Minor in a progression

As the i chord of a minor key, in a i–iv–V–i (with the V played major for a stronger pull home). Played on the ukulele — press play, and drag Key to move it.

Keys that use A Minor

A Minor appears naturally in these keys — tap any to see all its chords:

Other A ukulele chords

minor ukulele chords on other roots

Play guitar too? See A Minor on guitar.

Chords and their spellings are shared facts of music theory. Every diagram and sound is generated by ThunderFret's own engine — no tabs, lyrics or recordings are reproduced.