EmE Minor
G♯Root
Btone
D♯tone
Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯
How to play it
Em fingering positions
Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).
Read it as tab
Em guitar tab
The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.
Sound
How Em sounds
Consonance
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Character
Moods & genres
Moods
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Genres
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Theory
Notes & relationships
NotesG♯ · B · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7
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