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E minor seventh arpeggio for guitar (Em7)

Notes, positions, and fretboard fingerings for the E minor seventh arpeggio (Em7): E · G · B · D.

Instrument
Root
Chord
Triads
Sevenths
Position (CAGED)
Frets15
1224
Chord
Em7
EGBD
E
B
G
D
A
E
EGBDEGBDEGBDGBDEGDEGBDEBDEGBEGBDEG35791512
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Legend

E
Root
· R
G
Third
· ♭3
B
Fifth
· 5
D
Seventh
· ♭7

Arpeggio sheet

Em7
Formula (degrees)
R ♭3 5 ♭7
Notes in key
E G B D
Typical use
Over minor chords (II, III, VI).
See the Em triad →See E minor in the circle of fifths ◈

E minor seventh

The E minor seventh arpeggio is made up of: E · G · B · D.

The minor seventh arpeggio: the minor triad plus the minor seventh, the basic vocabulary for improvising over the ii, iii, and vi degrees.