Electric guitar · Minor chord

EmE Minor

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

Em is the E minor chord on electric guitar, made of the notes E · G · B.

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Other positions

Notes

  • E
  • G
  • B

Structure

  1. 1
  2. ♭3
  3. 5
Sound
Minor triad
Melancholic, introspective
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. 3Let strings 6, 3, 2, 1 ring open.
  4. 4Strum all the strings.

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