Am to F chord change

Medium change. Peach dots stay down through the change.

The two shapes

Medium

Am → F

Keep finger 1 down, move 2 and 3.

Finger 1: B string fret 1 → fret 1 across the B to High E string
Finger 2: D string fret 2 → G string fret 2
Finger 3: G string fret 2 → D string fret 3

F → Am

Keep finger 1 down, move 2 and 3.

Finger 1: fret 1 across the B to High E string → B string fret 1
Finger 2: G string fret 2 → D string fret 2
Finger 3: D string fret 3 → G string fret 2

Drill Am ⇄ F for one minute

Switch between the two as many times as you can in 60 seconds. Chordbyte counts each change through your microphone and keeps your best score, so you can see it climb day by day. Aim for 60 clean changes a minute. How one-minute changes work.

Start the drill

Use it in a progression

Progressions where Am and F sit next to each other. Each opens in Chordbyte with a metronome and a play-along.

C major, I–V–vi–IV: C G Am FAs in “Let It Be” by The Beatles.
C major, I–vi–IV–V: C Am F GAs in “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King.
C major, vi–IV–I–V: Am F C GAs in “Zombie” by The Cranberries.

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