Irish bouzouki Em7 chord (ADAD)E minor seventh: 2 2 5 5, and 2 more shapes

Em7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in ADAD tuning: 2 2 5 5, from the 2nd fret
Em7 (E minor seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, ADAD: 2 2 5 5, low course to high (Em7/B). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 2 5 5 (from the 2nd fret) · Em7/B

  1. Low A course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), B
  2. Low D course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), E
  3. High A course: 5th fret, ring finger, D
  4. 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.

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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

  1. 5fr231EDEG7 0 7 5
    5fr · no 5th
  2. 7fr143EDGB7 0 10 9
    7fr

Other E chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD

EEmE7Em7E5Esus2Esus4Emaj7Eadd9

Other minor seventh chords

Dm7Gm7Am7Em7Bm7Cm7Fm7F♯m7

Em7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki ADAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app