Em7 chord on guitar
E minor 7th
Em7 is a minor 7th chord with four notes: E, G, B and D. Learn it first as an open shape: three open strings and three fingers on the frets. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and two more ways to play it.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.
How to play it
- Middle on the A string, fret 2
- Ring on the D string, fret 2
- Pinky on the B string, fret 3
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Nothing to skip: strum all six strings.
- Shape
- Open shape
- Fingers
- Threemiddle, ring and pinky
- Strings played
- All six
- Open strings
- Threethe low E, G and high e strings
- Lowest note
- E2the root, on the low E string
- Frets
- 0 2 2 0 3 0low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in Em7
- Eroot
- Gminor third
- Bperfect fifth
- Dminor seventh
A minor 7th chord is a minor chord with a minor seventh added on top. G is the minor third, three frets above the root. B is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root. D is the minor seventh, ten frets above the root.
String by string
- high e string: E4root
- B string: D4minor seventh
- G string: G3minor third
- D string: E3root
- A string: B2perfect fifth
- low E string: E2root
Every note of Em7 is in this shape, some of them twice.
Other ways to play it
- Open shape0 2 0 0 0 0Root on the low E string.
- Barre at fret 7x 7 9 7 8 7Root on the A string.
Related chords
All 111 chords in the chartStrum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play Em7 and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.