Em7
How to play the E Minor 7th. Chord on your piano or keyboard
From the chord symbol Em7 we get the following information:
- The Em7 chord has the note E as root note
- The Em7 chord is a 4-note chord (a tetrad)
- The Em7 chord is a minor chord
Because Em7 is a 4-note chord it also has 4 inversions:
- Root inversion
- 1st. inversion
- 2nd. inversion
- 3rd. inversion
Em7 chord – Root inversion (basic inversion) looks like this: E – G – B – D
Em7 chord – 1st. inversion: G – B – D – E
Em7 chord – 2nd. inversion: B – D – E – G
Em7 chord – 3rd. inversion: D – E – G – B
Em7 chord – fingering:
Root inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | E | G | B | D |
1st. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Note | G | B | D | E |
2nd. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | B | D | E | G |
3rd. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | D | E | G | B |
Em7 chord – Closely related scales and harmonic functions:
The Em7 chord is the 1st. step in the E minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Em7 | F#m7(b5) | Gmaj7 | Am7 | Bm7 | Cmaj7 | D7 |
The Em7 chord is the 4th. step in the B minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Bm7 | C#m7(b5) | Dmaj7 | Em7 | F#m7 | Gmaj7 | A7 |
The Em7 chord is the 5th. step in the A minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Am7 | Bm7(b5) | Cmaj7 | Dm7 | Em7 | Fmaj7 | G7 |
The E7m chord is the 6th. step in the G major scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Gmaj7 | Am7 | Bm7 | Cmaj7 | D7 | Em7 | F#m7(b5) |