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Em7 on guitar

Em7 is a minor seventh, spelled E, G, B and D. In Open G tuning (D2 G2 D3 G3 B3 D4) the easiest shape is 200000, which sits at fret 2, needs no stretch at all and lets 5 strings ring open. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.

Notes and intervals

NoteEGBD
Interval1P3m5P7m

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

E minor seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 2 with finger 1, open, open, open, open, open. Frets are relative to the capo.1
200000sits at fret 2, needs no stretch at all and lets 5 strings ring open
E minor seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: open, open, open, fret 4 with finger 1, fret 5 with finger 2, open. Frets are relative to the capo.12
000450sits at fret 4, spans 1 fret and lets 4 strings ring open
E minor seventh, position 9, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 9 with finger 1, open, open, open, open. Frets are relative to the capo.9fr1
x90000sits at fret 9, needs no stretch at all, lets 4 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E minor seventh, position 8, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 9 with finger 2, open, open, fret 8 with finger 1, fret 9 with finger 3. Frets are relative to the capo.8fr213
x90089sits at fret 8, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E minor seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: open, open, open, open, fret 5 with finger 1, open. Frets are relative to the capo.1
000050sits at fret 5, needs no stretch at all and lets 5 strings ring open
E minor seventh, position 14, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 14 with finger 1, open, open, open, open, open. Frets are relative to the capo.14fr1
1400000sits at fret 14, needs no stretch at all and lets 5 strings ring open
E minor seventh, position 7, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 9 with finger 3, open, fret 7 with finger 1, fret 8 with finger 2, fret 9 with finger 4. Frets are relative to the capo.7fr3124
x90789sits at fret 7, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
E minor seventh, position 12, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 14 with finger 2, open, open, open, open, fret 12 with finger 1. Frets are relative to the capo.12fr21
14000012sits at fret 12, spans 2 frets and lets 4 strings ring open
E minor seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 2 with finger 1, open, open, open, open, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.1
20000xsits at fret 2, needs no stretch at all, lets 4 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E minor seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 2 with finger 1, open, open, open, open, fret 2 with finger 2. Frets are relative to the capo.12
200002sits at fret 2, needs no stretch at all and lets 4 strings ring open
E minor seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 2 with finger 1, open, fret 2 with finger 2, open, open, open. Frets are relative to the capo.12
202000sits at fret 2, needs no stretch at all and lets 4 strings ring open
E minor seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, fret 2 with finger 1, open, open, open. Frets are relative to the capo.1
xx2000sits at fret 2, needs no stretch at all, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings

Keys Em7 belongs to

Em7 is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

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