Minor ii–V–i Progression in E Minor for Guitar

The E Minor scale on guitar: the Minor ii–V–i progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: E F# G A B C D

Tuning: E Standard (E A D G B E)

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|-12--14--15-|
B|-12--14--15-|
G|-12--14-----|
D|-11--12--14-|
A|-12--13--15-|
E|-12--14--15-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em	E G B	`0 2 2 0 0 0`
I	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 0`
I	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 3`
I	Em	E G B	`x x 2 0 0 x`
II	F#dim	F# A C	`x x 4 2 1 2`
II	F#dim	F# A C	`2 3 4 2 x x`
II	F#dim	F# A C	`x 9 10 11 10 x`
II	F#dim	F# A C	`x 3 4 2 x x`
III	G	G B D	`3 2 0 0 0 3`
III	G	G B D	`3 5 5 4 3 3`
III	G	G B D	`3 2 0 0 3 3`
III	G	G B D	`x x 5 4 3 3`
IV	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 0`
IV	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 x`
IV	Am	A C E	`x x x 2 1 0`
IV	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 5 5 5`
V	Bm	B D F#	`x 2 4 4 3 2`
V	Bm	B D F#	`x 2 4 4 3 x`
V	Bm	B D F#	`x x x 4 3 2`
V	Bm	B D F#	`7 9 9 7 7 7`
VI	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 0`
VI	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 x`
VI	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
VI	C	C E G	`x 3 5 5 5 3`
VII	D	D F# A	`x x 0 2 3 2`
VII	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 3 2`
VII	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 3 x`
VII	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 x x`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: F#dim – Bm – Em – Em

e|2---------------2---5---2---------------2---5---2---------------|2---------------------------5---7---2---------------------------|
B|1-------1---5-----------1-------1---5-----------1-------1---5---|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|
G|2---2-------------------2---2-------------------2---2-----------|4-----------2---4-------------------4-----------2---4-----------|
D|4-----------------------4-----------------------4---------------|4-------4---------------------------4-------4-------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|2---5-------------------------------2---5-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|
B|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
G|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|
D|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|
A|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
E|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 0`
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 2 0 3 x`
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 x`
I	Em7	E G B D	`0 2 0 0 0 3`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x x 4 5 5 5`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x x 4 2 1 0`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x x 4 2 5 x`
II	F#m7b5	F# A C E	`x 9 10 9 10 x`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`3 2 0 0 0 2`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`x x x 0 0 2`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`3 2 0 0 3 2`
III	Gmaj7	G B D F#	`3 5 5 4 3 2`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 0`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 x`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 2 1 3`
IV	Am7	A C E G	`5 7 5 5 5 5`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 4 2 3 2`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 0 2 0 x`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 4 2 3 x`
V	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 0 2 0 2`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 2 0 0 0`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 5 4 5 3`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 2 0 0 3`
VI	Cmaj7	C E G B	`x 3 5 4 5 x`
VII	D7	D F# A C	`x x 0 2 1 2`
VII	D7	D F# A C	`x 5 4 5 3 5`
VII	D7	D F# A C	`x 5 4 5 3 2`
VII	D7	D F# A C	`x 5 7 5 7 5`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: F#m7b5 – Bm7 – Em7 – Em7

e|5-------------------5---8---5-------------------5---8---5-------|2---------------------------5---7---2---------------------------|
B|5-----------5---7-----------5-----------5---7-----------5-------|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|
G|5-------5-------------------5-------5-------------------5-------|2-----------2---4-------------------2-----------2---4-----------|
D|4---7-----------------------4---7-----------------------4---7---|4-------4---------------------------4-------4-------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|2---5-------------------------------2---5-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|
B|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
G|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|
D|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|
A|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
E|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`0 2 0 0 0 2`
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`12 9 12 9 12 x`
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`12 9 12 12 12 x`
I	Em9	E G B D F#	`3 2 0 0 0 2`
II	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`x x 4 2 5 3`
II	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 0`
II	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`x 0 2 2 1 3`
II	F#m7b5b9	F# A C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`3 2 4 2 x x`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`3 5 4 2 x x`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x x 5 2 3 2`
III	Gmaj9	G B D F# A	`x x 5 7 7 5`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`5 2 5 2 5 x`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`5 2 5 5 5 x`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`5 7 5 5 5 7`
IV	Am9	A C E G B	`x x x 0 0 0`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x x 9 7 10 8`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x x 9 11 10 8`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x x 0 2 1 2`
V	Bm7b9	B D F# A C	`x 3 4 2 x x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 0 0 0 x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`x 3 2 4 3 x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`8 7 9 7 x x`
VI	Cmaj9	C E G B D	`8 10 9 7 x x`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`x 5 4 5 5 2`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`x 5 4 5 5 5`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`10 7 10 7 10 x`
VII	D9	D F# A C E	`x x x 2 1 0`

Minor ii–V–i (ii°–v–i–i)

Chords: F#m7b5b9 – Bm7b9 – Em9 – Em9

e|3-------------------5---3-------------------5---3---------------|8-------------------10--8-------------------10--8---------------|
B|5-----------5---7-------5-----------5---7-------5-----------5---|10----------10--12------10----------10--12------10----------10--|
G|2---2---5---------------2---2---5---------------2---2---5-------|7---7---11--------------7---7---11--------------7---7---11------|
D|4-----------------------4-----------------------4---------------|9-----------------------9-----------------------9---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|
B|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
G|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|0-------------------0---4-----------0-------------------0---4---|
D|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|
A|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
E|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|0---3-------------------------------0---3-----------------------|

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