Em guitar chord
E minor. Notes: E G B.01
BeginnerEasy shape
Open position · Open & grounded
Use your middle and ring fingers together as a pair.
String by string, low to high
- Low E open (E)
- A fret 2, finger 2 (B)
- D fret 2, finger 3 (E)
- G open (G)
- B open (B)
- High E open (E)
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HardHarder shape
A-shape · fret 7 · Full & movable
Root on the 5th string at fret 7. Set your first finger across fret 7 first, then add the others.
String by string, low to high
- Low E muted: don’t play it
- A fret 7, finger 1 (E)
- D fret 9, finger 3 (B)
- G fret 9, finger 4 (E)
- B fret 8, finger 2 (G)
- High E fret 7, finger 1 (B)
Hear it, then check it
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Practise changing to Em
Four-chord progressions with Em in them. Each opens in Chordbyte with a metronome, a play-along and a one-minute changes drill.
- 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.
- D major, I–ii–IV–V: D Em G A
Change pages with Em
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