Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3

EmE Minor

G♯Root
Btone
D♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7  ·  Notes G♯ · B · D♯

How to play it

Em fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE) · 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).

E Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (x 6 5 4) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
E Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (11 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
E Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (x 18 17 16) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
E Minor guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 9 x) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
E Minor guitar chord — 9th position (11 x 9 12) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
E Minor guitar chord — 9th position (11 9 9 12) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
E Minor guitar chord — 11th position (11 13 x 12) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
E Minor guitar chord — 11th position (11 13 14 12) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
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.

E Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (x 6 5 4) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
E Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (11 9 9 9) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
E Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (x 18 17 16) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
E Minor guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 9 x) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
E Minor guitar tab — 9th position (11 x 9 12) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
E Minor guitar tab — 9th position (11 9 9 12) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
E Minor guitar tab — 11th position (11 13 x 12) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
E Minor guitar tab — 11th position (11 13 14 12) in Chicago (DGBE) · Capo 3
Sound

How Em sounds

Consonance
5/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
sadmelancholyserious
Genres
rockpopclassical
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯
Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7
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