Em7 piano chord

Em7 Piano Chord

The Em7 chord is a minor seventh built on the root note E. It contains the notes E, G, B, D.

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C
Holy Ground
Geron Davis
Easy C · ♩=60· 25 chords
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E
NINE TO FIVE
Dolly Parton
Medium E · ♩=140· 52 chords
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D
PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT
Meat Loaf
Medium D · ♩=120· 17 chords
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D
ALL THAT WE LET IN
Indigo Girls
Medium D · ♩=90· 14 chords
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C
I BELIEVE IN YOU AND ME
Whitney Houston
Medium C · ♩=80· 27 chords
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D
NOTHING BUT A MIRACLE
Diane Birch
Medium D · ♩=76· 17 chords
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F
TWENTYSOMETHING
Jamie Cullum
Easy F# · ♩=90· 11 chords
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D
When You Believe
Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey
Medium D · ♩=62· 31 chords
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E
HOW BAD CAN I BE
John Powell
Medium E · ♩=88· 12 chords
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G
MAN IN THE MIRROR
Michael Jackson
Medium G · ♩=90· 13 chords
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D
Carried To The Table
Leeland
Medium D · ♩=68· 7 chords
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D
Heaven
John Legend
Medium Db · ♩=100· 10 chords
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How to play Em7

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Press all highlighted keys together. Use any comfortable fingering — for a right-hand triad, thumb on root, middle on 3rd, pinky on 5th is standard.

Chord theory

Root note
E
Quality
Minor seventh
Notes (intervals)
E (Root), G (m3), B (P5), D (m7)
Number of notes
4

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Master one chord at a time. Once Em7 feels natural, try the Em chord, or browse easy piano songs to put it in context.