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Open G tuning

Em7 on guitar

Em7 is a minor seventh, spelled E, G, B and D. In Open G tuning (D2 G2 D3 G3 B3 D4) the easiest shape is 200000, which sits at fret 2, needs no stretch at all and lets 5 strings ring open. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.

Notes and intervals

NoteEGBD
Interval1P3m5P7m

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 seventh, open position, capo 01
200000sits at fret 2, needs no stretch at all and lets 5 strings ring open
E minor seventh, open position, capo 012
000450sits at fret 4, spans 1 fret and lets 4 strings ring open
E minor seventh, position 9, capo 09fr1
x90000sits at fret 9, needs no stretch at all, lets 4 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E minor seventh, position 8, capo 08fr213
x90089sits at fret 8, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E minor seventh, open position, capo 01
000050sits at fret 5, needs no stretch at all and lets 5 strings ring open
E minor seventh, position 14, capo 014fr1
1400000sits at fret 14, needs no stretch at all and lets 5 strings ring open
E minor seventh, position 7, capo 07fr3124
x90789sits at fret 7, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
E minor seventh, position 12, capo 012fr21
14000012sits at fret 12, spans 2 frets and lets 4 strings ring open
E minor seventh, open position, capo 01
20000xsits at fret 2, needs no stretch at all, lets 4 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
E minor seventh, open position, capo 012
200002sits at fret 2, needs no stretch at all and lets 4 strings ring open
E minor seventh, open position, capo 012
202000sits at fret 2, needs no stretch at all and lets 4 strings ring open
E minor seventh, open position, capo 01
xx2000sits at fret 2, needs no stretch at all, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings

Keys Em7 belongs to

Em7 is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

Em7 in another tuning

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