The open Em7 chord is a popular guitar chord. It is the the same as the standard open E minor shape, but with two notes added to the first two strings. The image below contains the musical notation, chord chart, tabs and scale degrees for the open E minor 7 chord.
How to play the open Em7 chord shape
- Place your 1st finger on the 2nd fret of the 5th string.
- Place your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the 4th string.
- Place your 3rd finger on the 3rd fret of the 2nd string.
- Place your 4th finger on the 3rd fret of the 1st string.
- Strum all six strings.
E minor 7 (easy open shape) info
- This shape is the open Em7 chord.
- It is similar to the open Em chord, with the 3rd and 4th fingers added.
- It contains the notes (from the 6th string down) E, B, E, G, D and G.
- It contains the 1 (root), 5, 1, b3, 5 and b3 in the key of E.
- It is a minor 7 chord.