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Fig. 1 · Em7 on the keyboard

piano chord

Em7

E1G♭3B5D♭7

Minor triad with a minor seventh. The same four notes as a major sixth chord a third above.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

Em7 is E, G, B and D — 1, b3, 5 and b7 counted from E.

These are also the notes of G6/E. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

E in other shapes

E7dominant seventhEmaj7major seventhEm(maj7)minor major seventhEmajorEmminorEdimdiminished

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