Em chord on guitar
The Em chord diagram on guitar, the notes it is built from, and the Alviena charts that use it.
The diagram
Songs to play with the Em chord on guitar
- Dernière Danse — Kyo
- Zombie — The Cranberries
- Angela — Saian Supa Crew
- Big Jet Plane — Angus & Julia Stone
- Numb — Linkin Park
- Aïcha — Khaled
- Soleil Bleu — Luiza
- Lucie — Pascal Obispo
- Cendrillon — Téléphone
- Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore — Céline Dion
- Mon Amant De Saint-Jean — Lucienne Delyle
- J't'emmène Au Vent — Louise Attaque
Which chords go with Em
Across the sheets in the catalogue, Em most often appears alongside these chords. Learn them together and you can play a whole song.
The notes in Em
E · B · G
The chord is built from 3 distinct pitches. A shape may double them an octave apart: the same note then appears more than once without changing the chord.
The shape, string by string
4 open strings
| String | Fret | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | open | E |
| 5 | 2 | B |
| 4 | 2 | E |
| 3 | open | G |
| 2 | open | B |
| 1 | open | E |