Electric guitar · Minor 7th chord

Em7E Minor 7th

  • Key: G Major
  • Easy
  • Popular
  • Open chord

Em7 is the E minor 7th chord on electric guitar, made of the notes E · G · B · D.

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Other positions

Notes

  • E
  • G
  • B
  • D

Structure

  1. 1
  2. ♭3
  3. 5
  4. ♭7
Sound
Minor seventh
Smooth, jazzy
Harmonic function
Tonic relative
Stands in for the tonic with a different color.

Harmonic field of G Major

DegreeChordFunction
IGTonic
iiAmSubdominant
iiiBmTonic relative
IVCSubdominant
VDDominant
viEmTonic relative
vii°F#dimDominant

How to play

  1. 1Place your middle finger on fret 2 of string 5.
  2. 2Place your ring finger on fret 2 of string 4.
  3. 3Place your pinky on fret 3 of string 2.
  4. 4Let strings 6, 3, 1 ring open.
  5. 5Strum all the strings.

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