C to Em chord change

Hard change. No finger stays down, so practise landing the whole shape at once.

The two shapes

Hard

C → Em

Nothing stays down, so land all fingers as one shape.

Finger 1 lifts off
Finger 2: D string fret 2 → A string fret 2
Finger 3: A string fret 3 → D string fret 2

Em → C

Nothing stays down, so land all fingers as one shape.

Finger 1 lands on B string fret 1
Finger 2: A string fret 2 → D string fret 2
Finger 3: D string fret 2 → A string fret 3

Drill C ⇄ Em 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 C and Em sit next to each other. Each opens in Chordbyte with a metronome and a play-along.

G major, I–V–vi–IV: G D Em CAs in “Let It Be” by The Beatles.
G major, I–vi–IV–V: G Em C DAs in “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King.
G major, vi–IV–I–V: Em C G DAs in “Zombie” by The Cranberries.

More changes

All open-chord changes