Basic Beginner Guitar Chords – Learn the E Minor Chord

Easy Beginner Guitar Chord – Learn to Play E Minor

The E Minor Chord (also known as Em) is found by locating the 1, b3 and 5 steps of the  E Major Scale: E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, and D#, or the notes E, G and B.  The “b3″ symbol translates to “Flattened 3rd” , which means we simply lower the 3rd step of the E Major Scale (G#) a 1/2 step to an “G”.  The E Minor Chord is one of the easiest chords you will ever learn to play and also one of the most beautiful sounding ones.

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