Banjo Em7 chord (C Tuning)E minor seventh on the 5-string banjo: 2 0 0 2, and 6 more shapes

Em7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 2 0 0 2, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Em7 (E minor seventh) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 2 0 0 2, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 2 0 0 2 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): 2nd fret, index finger, D
  2. String 3 (G): open, G
  3. String 2 (B): open, B
  4. String 1 (D): 2nd fret, middle finger, E
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

Sounds: D G B E  ·  Em7 is E, G, B, D (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g is the minor 3rd of Em7, so let it ring.

C Tuning tuning: gCGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose C Tuning once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Em7 shapes

  1. 1gEGBD4 0 0 0
    open
  2. 11gEBBD4 4 0 0
    open · 5th string completes it
  3. 3fr2314gEBDG4 4 3 5
    3fr
  4. 7fr13gGEBD7 9 0 0
    7fr
  5. 12fr314gDGBE14 0 12 14
    12fr
  6. 14fr12gDGBE14 0 0 14
    14fr

Other E chords in C Tuning

EEmE7Em7Emaj7E6Esus4Esus2EdimEaug

Other minor seventh chords

Gm7Am7Dm7Cm7Bm7Em7Fm7B♭m7

Em7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

All C Tuning banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app