Capo
Where to capo for E minor
E minor already falls under the fingers in Standard tuning — the open-position shapes are the easiest ones available, so a capo costs you more than it buys.
You want E. Capo none and play in E.
19 open stringsdifficulty 3.4
All eight positions, ranked
Each row transposes E minor down by that many frets to find the shapes your hand would actually make, then scores the best voicing of all seven chords — fewer fingers, less stretch, closer to the nut, fewer muted strings. Lower is easier. Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4).
What you are playing
The seven chords of E minor are Em, F#dim, G, Am, Bm, C, D — the ones the ranking above is scored against. Their diagrams are on the E minor key page.