Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

EmE Minor

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯

How to play it

Em fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · 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 — Open (x x 0 2 3 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor guitar chord — A-shape, 5th (x 5 7 7 6 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor guitar chord — E-shape, 10th (10 12 12 10 10 10) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor guitar chord — D-shape, 12th (x x 12 14 15 13) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor guitar chord — A-shape, 17th (x 17 19 19 18 17) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor guitar chord — Open (x x 0 2 x 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 3 2 x x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 3 2 x 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · 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 — Open (x x 0 2 3 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor guitar tab — A-shape, 5th (x 5 7 7 6 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor guitar tab — E-shape, 10th (10 12 12 10 10 10) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor guitar tab — D-shape, 12th (x x 12 14 15 13) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor guitar tab — A-shape, 17th (x 17 19 19 18 17) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor guitar tab — Open (x x 0 2 x 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 3 2 x x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

E Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 3 2 x 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭) · Capo 3

Sound

How Em sounds

Consonance

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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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