Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

EmE Minor

G♯Root

Btone

D♯tone

Formula 3 · 5 · 7 · Notes G♯ · B · D♯

How to play it

Em fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE), 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 — E-shape, 2nd (0 2 2 0 0 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E Minor guitar chord — D-shape, 2nd (x x 2 4 5 3) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E Minor guitar chord — A-shape, 7th (x 7 9 9 8 7) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E Minor guitar chord — E-shape, 12th (12 14 14 12 12 12) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E Minor guitar chord — D-shape, 14th (x x 14 16 17 15) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E Minor guitar chord — A-shape, 19th (x 19 21 21 20 19) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E Minor guitar chord — Open (0 x x 0 0 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E Minor guitar chord — Open (0 x x 0 0 0) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

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 — E-shape, 2nd (0 2 2 0 0 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E Minor guitar tab — D-shape, 2nd (x x 2 4 5 3) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E Minor guitar tab — A-shape, 7th (x 7 9 9 8 7) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E Minor guitar tab — E-shape, 12th (12 14 14 12 12 12) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E Minor guitar tab — D-shape, 14th (x x 14 16 17 15) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E Minor guitar tab — A-shape, 19th (x 19 21 21 20 19) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E Minor guitar tab — Open (0 x x 0 0 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

E Minor guitar tab — Open (0 x x 0 0 0) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE)

Sound

How Em sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

rockpopclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · B · D♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · 5 · 7

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