E Minor Guitar Scale, Chords & Progressions (Open G Tuning)

The E Minor scale on guitar: scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: E F# G A B C D

Tuning: Open G Guitar (D G D G B D)

Basic Chords

Scale shapes

CAGED - C Shape

e|--3---5-----|
B|--2---3---5-|
G|--2---4---5-|
D|--2---4---5-|
A|--3---5-----|
E|--2---3---5-|

CAGED - A Shape

d|--9--10--12-|
B|--9--11--12-|
G|--7---9--10-|
D|--7---9-----|
G|--7---8--10-|
D|--9--10--12-|

CAGED - G Shape

d|-10--12-----|
B|--9--11--12-|
G|--7---9--10-|
D|--7---9-----|
G|--7---8--10-|
D|--9--10--12-|

CAGED - E Shape

d|--2---4---5-|
B|--2---4---5-|
G|--0---2-----|
D|--0---2-----|
G|--0---1---3-|
D|--2---4---5-|

CAGED - D Shape

d|--4---5---7-|
B|--4---5---7-|
G|--2---4---5-|
D|--2---4---5-|
G|--3---5-----|
D|--4---5---7-|

3NPS - First Position

d|--2---4---5-|
B|--2---4---5-|
G|--0---2---4-|
D|--0---2---4-|
G|--1---3---5-|
D|--4---5---7-|

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em	E G B	`2 0 2 0 0 2`
I	Em	E G B	`2 0 2 4 0 2`
I	Em	E G B	`2 4 2 4 5 2`
I	Em	E G B	`2 0 2 0 0 5`
II	F#dim	F# A C	`x x 4 2 1 4`
III	G	G B D	`x 0 0 0 0 0`
III	G	G B D	`x 0 0 0 0 x`
III	G	G B D	`x 0 0 0 x x`
III	G	G B D	`x x x 0 0 0`
IV	Am	A C E	`x 2 2 2 1 2`
IV	Am	A C E	`x 2 2 2 1 x`
IV	Am	A C E	`x 2 2 2 x x`
IV	Am	A C E	`7 5 7 5 5 7`
V	Bm	B D F#	`x 4 4 4 3 4`
V	Bm	B D F#	`x 4 4 4 3 x`
V	Bm	B D F#	`x 4 4 4 x x`
V	Bm	B D F#	`9 7 9 7 7 9`
VI	C	C E G	`x 5 5 5 5 5`
VI	C	C E G	`x 5 5 5 5 x`
VI	C	C E G	`x 5 2 0 5 2`
VI	C	C E G	`x 5 5 0 5 5`
VII	D	D F# A	`0 2 0 2 3 0`
VII	D	D F# A	`0 2 0 2 3 4`
VII	D	D F# A	`x 7 7 7 7 7`
VII	D	D F# A	`x 7 7 7 7 x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Em – F#dim – G – Am – Bm – C – D

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|4---------------4---7---4-------------------4---------------4---|
B|----------------------------3---5-------5---1-------------------|1-------1---5---------------3---1-----------1-------1---5-------|
G|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|2---2-------------------------------2-------2---2---------------|
D|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|4---------------------------------------4---4-------------------|
G|0-------4---------------------------------------------------5---|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------4---5-------------------------------|----------------------------5---7---4---------------------------|
B|------------------------3-----------5---3-----------------------|--------------------1---5---------------5---1-------------------|
G|0---------------0---4-----------------------4---0---------------|2-----------0---2-------------------------------2---------------|
D|0-------0---4---------------------------------------2---0-------|2-------2-------------------------------------------4---2-------|
G|4---4-------------------------------------------------------4---|2---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|
D|5---------------------------------------------------------------|10--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------7---9---5---------------------------|----------------------------9---10------------------------------|
B|--------------------3---7---------------7---3-------------------|------------------------8-----------10--8-----------------------|
G|4-----------2---4-------------------------------4---------------|5---------------5---9-----------------------9---5---------------|
D|0-------4-------------------------------------------5---4-------|5-------5---9---------------------------------------7---5-------|
G|4---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|9---9-------------------------------------------------------9---|
D|16--------------------------------------------------------------|10--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---5-------5---1-------------------|
G|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|
D|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|0-------4---------------------------------------------------5---|
D|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Em – F#dim – G – Am – Bm – C – D

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------1-------3-------5---3-------1-------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------2-----------------------------------------------2-------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|4---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
D|----------------0-------2-------4---2-------0-------------------|----------------2-------4-----------4-------2-------------------|
G|--------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|
D|5---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|----------------5-------7-------9---7-------5-------------------|
G|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|--------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|10--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|
D|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 0 0 0 0 0`
I	Em7	E G B D	`x 0 0 0 0 0`
I	Em7	E G B D	`x 0 0 0 0 x`
I	Em7	E G B D	`x x x 0 0 0`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x 2 2 2 1 2`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x 2 2 2 1 x`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`7 5 7 5 5 7`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x 4 4 4 3 4`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x 4 4 4 3 x`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`9 7 9 7 7 9`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`9 11 0 11 0 0`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`5 5 5 5 5 5`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`x 5 5 5 5 5`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`x 5 5 5 5 x`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`x 5 2 0 5 2`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`0 2 0 2 3 4`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`7 7 7 7 7 7`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 7 7 7 7 7`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 7 7 7 7 x`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`2 0 2 0 0 2`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`2 0 2 4 0 2`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`2 0 2 0 0 5`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 9 9 9 8 9`
VII	D7	D F# A C	`0 2 4 5 3 x`
VII	D7	D F# A C	`x x 4 2 1 4`

Arpeggios

Chords: Em7 – F#m7b5 – Gmaj7 – Am7 – Bm7 – Cmaj7 – D7

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|----------------------------5---7---4---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---5-------5---1-------------------|--------------------1---5---------------5---1-------------------|
G|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|2-----------0---2-------------------------------2---------------|
D|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|2-------2-------------------------------------------4---2-------|
G|0-------4---------------------------------------------------5---|2---5-------------------------------------------------------5---|
D|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|10--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------7---9---5---------------------------|------------------------------------10--------------------------|
B|--------------------3---7---------------7---3-------------------|----------------------------8---10------10--7-------------------|
G|4-----------2---4-------------------------------4---------------|2-------------------5---9-----------------------9---5-----------|
D|0-------4-------------------------------------------5---4-------|2-----------5---7---------------------------------------7-------|
G|4---7-------------------------------------------------------7---|5-------9---------------------------------------------------11--|
D|16--------------------------------------------------------------|7---10----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---5-------5---1-------------------|----------------------------3---5-------5---1-------------------|
G|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|
D|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|0-------4---------------------------------------------------5---|0-------4---------------------------------------------------5---|
D|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---5-------5---1-------------------|
G|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|
D|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|0-------4---------------------------------------------------5---|
D|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Em7 – F#m7b5 – Gmaj7 – Am7 – Bm7 – Cmaj7 – D7

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|----------------2-------4-----------4-------2-------------------|
G|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|
D|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|--------------------------------5-------------------------------|
G|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|----------------9-------11----------11------9-------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|7-------10----------------------------------------------10------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|
D|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|
D|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`2 0 0 0 0 4`
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`2 0 0 0 3 4`
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`2 0 0 4 0 4`
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`2 0 0 4 3 4`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 0 0 2 0 4`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x 0 0 2 3 4`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`5 0 0 2 0 4`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`5 0 0 2 3 4`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 4 0 2 1 0`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 4 0 2 1 4`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 4 4 2 1 0`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 4 0 2 1 x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 5 0 0 0 0`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 5 0 0 0 2`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 5 0 0 0 5`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 5 0 4 0 2`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`0 2 0 2 1 2`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`0 2 2 2 1 0`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`0 2 2 2 1 2`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`0 2 2 2 1 x`

Arpeggios

Chords: Em9 – Gmaj9 – Bm7b9 – Cmaj9 – D9

d|------------------------------------7---------------------------|----------------------------4---5-------------------------------|
B|----------------------------5---7-------7---3-------------------|------------------------3-----------5---3-----------------------|
G|--------------------2---5-----------------------5---2-----------|0---------------0---4-----------------------4---0---------------|
D|4-----------2---4---------------------------------------4-------|0-------0---4---------------------------------------2---0-------|
G|2-------5---------------------------------------------------7---|4---4-------------------------------------------------------4---|
D|4---7-----------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------4---7---5-------------------------------|----------------------------9---10------------------------------|
B|--------------------3---------------5---1-----------------------|------------------------8-----------10--8-----------------------|
G|4-----------2---4---------------------------2---0---------------|5---------------5---9-----------------------9---5---------------|
D|0---0---4-------------------------------------------2-----------|5-------5---9---------------------------------------7---5-------|
G|4-------------------------------------------------------5---4---|9---9-------------------------------------------------------9---|
D|16--------------------------------------------------------------|10--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|------------------------------------5---------------------------|
B|----------------------------3---5-------5---1-------------------|
G|--------------------0---4-----------------------4---0-----------|
D|2-----------0---2---------------------------------------2-------|
G|0-------4---------------------------------------------------5---|
D|2---5-----------------------------------------------------------|

Walks

Chords: Em9 – Gmaj9 – Bm7b9 – Cmaj9 – D9

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|----------------0-------2-------4---2-------0-------------------|
G|----------------5-------7-----------7-------5-------------------|--------4-----------------------------------------------4-------|
D|4-------7-----------------------------------------------7-------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------0-------2---0---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------0-------4---------------------------4-----------0-------|----------------5-------7-------9---7-------5-------------------|
G|4---------------------------------------------------------------|--------9-----------------------------------------------9-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|10--------------------------------------------------------------|

d|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
G|----------------4-------5-----------5-------4-------------------|
D|2-------5-----------------------------------------------5-------|

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