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Drop D tuning

Em on guitar

Em is a minor, spelled E, G and B. In Drop D tuning (D2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is 222000, which sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2 and lets 3 strings ring open. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.

Notes and intervals

NoteEGB
Interval1P3m5P

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

E minor, open position, capo 0
222000sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2 and lets 3 strings ring open
E minor, open position, capo 0
xxx000is played entirely on open strings, needs no stretch at all, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings
E minor, position 5, capo 05fr21
x75000sits at fret 5, spans 2 frets, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E minor, position 7, capo 07fr12
x79000sits at fret 7, spans 2 frets, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E minor, open position, capo 021
xx5400sits at fret 4, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
E minor, position 14, capo 014fr
141414000sits at fret 14, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 14 and lets 3 strings ring open
E minor, position 9, capo 09fr2
9109000sits at fret 9, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 9 and lets 3 strings ring open
E minor, open position, capo 03241
xx5453sits at fret 3, spans 2 frets and mutes 2 strings
E minor, position 12, capo 012fr2341
1414140012sits at fret 12, spans 2 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
E minor, position 8, capo 08fr21
xxx980sits at fret 8, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
E minor, position 10, capo 010fr213
141014000sits at fret 10, spans 4 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
E minor, open position, capo 02
222003sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2 and lets 2 strings ring open

Keys Em belongs to

Em is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

Em in another tuning

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