Irish bouzouki Em7 chord (ADAD)E minor seventh: 2 2 5 5, and 2 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: 2 2 5 5 (from the 2nd fret) · Em7/B
- Low A course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), B
- Low D course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
- High A course: 5th fret, ring finger, D
- High D course: 5th fret, little finger, G
Sounds: B E D G · Em7 is E, G, B, D (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)
Open courses that ring: D is a note of Em7, so it can drone under it.
With a capo: on the 2nd fret it’s 0 0 3 3 (frets counted from the capo), an open Dm7 shape.
Tuning ADAD: A D A D, low to high.
The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose ADAD once in its Settings and it remembers.
More Em7 shapes
- 7 0 7 5
5fr · no 5th - 7 0 10 9
7fr
Other E chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD
Other minor seventh chords
Em7 in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki ADAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app