Four String Bass · Drop D (DADG)

Em7E Minor 7th

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · 2 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯ · F♯

How to play it

Em7 fingering positions

Drop D (DADG), 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 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 2 0 0) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

E Minor 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (2 5 5 4) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

E Minor 7th guitar chord — 12th position (14 14 12 12) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

E Minor 7th guitar chord — 14th position (14 17 17 16) fretboard diagram in Drop D (DADG)

Read it as tab

Em7 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 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 2 0 0) in Drop D (DADG)

E Minor 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (2 5 5 4) in Drop D (DADG)

E Minor 7th guitar tab — 12th position (14 14 12 12) in Drop D (DADG)

E Minor 7th guitar tab — 14th position (14 17 17 16) in Drop D (DADG)

Sound

How Em7 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

mellowsoulfulsmooth

Genres

jazzsoulr&b

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯ · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7 · 2

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