Guitar chord · Minor
Em chord (E Minor)
Sad, deep, and melancholic fundamental minor triad.
Notes EGB
Formula 1 ♭3 5
Shapes 3 on this page
Em chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, E.
STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E
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Scales to play over Em
These scales start on E and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Em is the chord of the moment.
E Minor E Minor Pentatonic E Blues E Major Blues E Dorian E Phrygian E Harmonic Minor E Melodic Minor E Half-Whole Diminished E Hungarian Minor E Dorian b2 E Ukrainian Dorian E Lydian #2 E Lydian b3 E Neapolitan Minor E Neapolitan Major E Augmented E Bebop Dorian E Hirajoshi E Phrygian b4 E Lydian #2 #6 E Ultraphrygian E Hungarian Major E Bebop Melodic Minor E Bebop Harmonic Minor
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Questions
- What notes are in a Em chord?
- Em is E, G, B: the 1, ♭3, 5 of E.
- How do you play Em on guitar?
- Open Am / Am-Shape: x 7 9 9 8 7; Open Em / Em-Shape: 0 2 2 0 0 0; Open Dm / Dm-Shape: x x 2 4 5 3 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with Em?
- Scales on E that contain every note of Em: E Minor, E Minor Pentatonic, E Blues, E Major Blues, E Dorian, E Phrygian.
Minor chords in every key
More E chords
E Edim E5 E7 Emaj7 Em7 Em(maj7) Emaj9 E9 Em9 Em11 E6 Em6 Eadd9 Esus4 Esus2 E7sus4 E7#9 Eaug Emaj7#5 Edim7 Em7b5 E7b9 E13 E6/9 E11 E9sus4 Emadd9 Eadd11 Em6/9 E7#5 E7b5 E7#11 Emaj13 Em13 Emaj11 E9#11 Emaj9#11 Emaj7#11 Em9b5 E7sus4b9 Em(maj9) E9#5 E9b5 E7b5b9 E7#5b9 E7#5#9 E7b5#9 E7b13 E13b9 E13#11 Em7#5 Emaj7b5 Edim(maj7) Emadd11