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Topic: How do I play an Em7 chord? |
Dennis Hanggi
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Ketchum, Idaho, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2011 4:28 pm |
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| How do I play an Em7 chord on a 3-pedal student model with E9 tuning and a Jimmy Day setup? |
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Clyde Mattocks
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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2011 4:36 pm
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A and B pedals down at the tenth fret. Strings 4, 5 6 and 7. It's also a G6 chord. If I were going to play it in a song, I would probably omit the 5th string (b note). That would give the chord a little more air. You hear that voicing in some Tom Petty stuff.
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Adam Moritz
From:
Cedar Rapids, IA
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Posted 27 Jan 2011 5:23 pm
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8th fret, e lever (lowers e string half step. C down to B) depending on how you want to go about inverting it, or strum/gripping it the following are part of the chord.
1 = D,
2 = don't play,
3 = E,
4 = B,
5 = G,
6 = E,
7 = D,
8 = B,
9 = don't play,
10 = G
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chas smith
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2011 9:23 pm
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| Also, C pedal 3rd fret. |
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T. C. Furlong
From:
Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2011 9:23 am
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If you have a 1/2 step lower on your 9th string-
My favorite voicing is:
3rd fret - no pedals
4
5
6
9th lowered 1/2 step
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 28 Jan 2011 11:43 am
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Since the Em7 contains all the notes of a G chord, if you have a bass player playing the E note, you can play the G chord and the Em7 will be the result of the 2 instruments combined.
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 28 Jan 2011 12:00 pm
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Here is one I use quite a bit;
B pedal in
5th fret
strings 10 ,9, 7, 6
If you lower your 2nd string down to D the chord goes across the neck pretty well.
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Bo Legg
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Posted 28 Jan 2011 5:33 pm
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Most general scale use to play within an Em7 is the Dorian mode of the D major scale.
The G major chord is most generally best choice to use as an Em7 on the E9 due to the limit of 3 notes.
For an Em7 chord I play a G major chord and pick in a D major scale.
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