Em is a minor, spelled E, G and B. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is 022000, which sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 2 and lets 4 strings ring open. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.
Notes and intervals
Note
E
G
B
Interval
1P
3m
5P
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.
022000sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 2 and lets 4 strings ring open075000sits at fret 5, spans 2 frets and lets 4 strings ring openxxx000is played entirely on open strings, needs no stretch at all, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings0109000sits at fret 9, spans 1 fret and lets 4 strings ring open079000sits at fret 7, spans 2 frets and lets 4 strings ring open0109080sits at fret 8, spans 2 frets and lets 3 strings ring open075400sits at fret 4, spans 3 frets and lets 3 strings ring open01414000sits at fret 14, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 14 and lets 4 strings ring open014140012sits at fret 12, spans 2 frets and lets 3 strings ring openxx5453sits at fret 3, spans 2 frets and mutes 2 strings01014000sits at fret 10, spans 4 frets and lets 4 strings ring open022003sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 2 and lets 3 strings ring open
The five shapes
Every shape below is one of the five open chords moved up the neck, with a finger — or the nut — standing in for the open strings. Em turns up as an E shape: E at the nut.
E shapeEm as an E shape: the open shape itself, fingered 022000 against the nut.
Keys Em belongs to
Em is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.