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Em7 drop 2 voicings on guitar
Em7 drop 2 voices E, G, B, D with one note per string: 12 shapes, 4 inversions on 3 string sets. Each is the lowest grip without open strings, all within 4 frets. Drop-2 minor-seventh recipe: 5-1-b3-b7 from the bass.
| Note | E | G | B | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Degree | 1 | ♭3 | 5 | ♭7 |
Em7 drop 2 on strings 6–3
Root position: E B D G from the bass
Grip 12-14-12-12-x-x · frets 12–141st inversion: G D E B from the bass
Grip 3-5-2-4-x-x · frets 2–52nd inversion: B E G D from the bass
Grip 7-7-5-7-x-x · frets 5–7Show 1 more inversionShow 2 more inversionsShow less
2nd inversion: B E G D from the bass
Grip 7-7-5-7-x-x · frets 5–73rd inversion: D G B E from the bass
Grip 10-10-9-9-x-x · frets 9–10Em7 drop 2 on strings 5–2
Root position: E B D G from the bass
Grip x-7-9-7-8-x · frets 7–91st inversion: G D E B from the bass
Grip x-10-12-9-12-x · frets 9–122nd inversion: B E G D from the bass
Grip x-14-14-12-15-x · frets 12–15Show 1 more inversionShow 2 more inversionsShow less
2nd inversion: B E G D from the bass
Grip x-14-14-12-15-x · frets 12–153rd inversion: D G B E from the bass
Grip x-5-5-4-5-x · frets 4–5Em7 drop 2 on strings 4–1
Root position: E B D G from the bass
Grip x-x-2-4-3-3 · frets 2–41st inversion: G D E B from the bass
Grip x-x-5-7-5-7 · frets 5–72nd inversion: B E G D from the bass
Grip x-x-9-9-8-10 · frets 8–10Show 1 more inversionShow 2 more inversionsShow less
2nd inversion: B E G D from the bass
Grip x-x-9-9-8-10 · frets 8–103rd inversion: D G B E from the bass
Grip x-x-12-12-12-12 · fret 12More Em7
Scales with Em7 in them
Scales on this site that contain this chord, and the degree it is built on.
- C major on 3
- D major on 2
- G major on 6
- E minor on 1
- A minor on 5
- B minor on 4
- D Dorian on 2
- E Dorian on 1
- A Dorian on 5
- E Phrygian on 1
- F♯ Phrygian on ♭7
- B Phrygian on 4
- C Lydian on 3
- F Lydian on 7
- G Lydian on 6
- D Mixolydian on 2
- G Mixolydian on 6
- A Mixolydian on 5
- C♯ Locrian on ♭3
- F♯ Locrian on ♭7
- B Locrian on 4
- B harmonic minor on 4
- D melodic minor on 2
- G major pentatonic on 6
- E minor pentatonic on 1
- E blues on 1
- C bebop dominant on 3
- D bebop dominant on 2
- G bebop dominant on 6
- A bebop dominant on 5
- C♯ altered on ♭3
- G Lydian dominant on 6
- F♯ Phrygian dominant on ♭7
- D, F, A♭ and B diminished whole–half on 2
- E, G, B♭ and C♯ diminished half–whole on 1
Use it in a progression
Progression pages that comp this chord, voice-led, with the numeral it plays.
- ii–V–I in D (Em7 as ii7)
- ii–V–I in E minor (Em7 as i7)
- I–vi–ii–V in D (Em7 as ii)
- I–vi–ii–V in G (Em7 as vi)
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