Em7 — bouzouki chord
Minor 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Em7 (E minor 7th) is built from E G B D: intervals 1 ♭3 5 ♭7.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 2-2-0 (E B D)
- Root position: 2-2-5 (E B G)
- 1st inversion: 5-2-2 (G B E)
- 1st inversion: 5-5-2 (G D E)
- 2nd inversion: 9-10-12 (B G D)
- 2nd inversion: 9-5-5 (B D G)
- 3rd inversion: 0-2-2 (D B E)
- 3rd inversion: 12-10-9 (D G B)
The open courses D are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists Em7 among its chords, so it is shown here as a shape reference.
Trichordo (D-A-D) and tetrachordo (C-F-A-D)
These shapes are for the three-course trichordo. A tetrachordo’s A and D courses are tuned the same, so the top two notes stay put and the low-D bass note moves two frets up the C course. The first shape, 2-2-0 on trichordo, becomes C 4, A 2, D 0 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.