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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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).