Guitar tuning

Every chord in Open E Minor tuning

E·B·E·G·B·E

Open E Minor tuning is E B E G B E, low to high. Compared with standard tuning, the 5th string goes from A to B (up a whole step); the 4th string goes from D to E (up a whole step). This chart gives you an easy shape for 106 chords: major, minor, power, dominant 7, minor 7, major 7, sus2, sus4 and add9, on all 12 roots.

Strings run low to high (E B E G B E). A number is the fret, 0 is an open string and x is a string you don't play. A label such as 5fr beside a diagram marks where a shape starts higher up the neck. Tap any chord to open that exact shape in the app, along with every other way to play it.

C C# D Eb E F F# G Ab A Bb B

C chords in Open E Minor tuning

C 8 8 0 0 x x 473 voicings → Cm 8 8 8 8 8 8 52 voicings → C5 8 8 8 0 x x 103 voicings → C7 x 1 3 3 1 0 344 voicings → Cm7 No easy shape 56 voicings → Cmaj7 x 1 0 0 0 0 732 voicings → Csus2 8 8 10 0 x x 154 voicings → Csus4 8 8 8 10 8 8 156 voicings → Cadd9 x 1 0 0 3 0 240 voicings →

C# chords in Open E Minor tuning

C# x 2 1 1 2 1 127 voicings → C#m 9 9 9 9 9 0 290 voicings → C#5 9 9 9 x x x 78 voicings → C#7 9 9 9 10 0 x 248 voicings → C#m7 9 9 9 9 0 0 526 voicings → C#maj7 x 2 1 1 1 1 112 voicings → C#sus2 x x 4 6 4 4 52 voicings → C#sus4 x 2 2 1 2 x 112 voicings → C#add9 x 2 1 1 4 1 60 voicings →

D chords in Open E Minor tuning

D x 3 2 2 3 2 112 voicings → Dm x 3 1 2 3 1 53 voicings → D5 x x x 7 10 10 78 voicings → D7 10 7 8 7 10 x 100 voicings → Dm7 x 3 1 2 1 1 64 voicings → Dmaj7 x 3 2 2 2 2 88 voicings → Dsus2 x 3 0 2 3 0 342 voicings → Dsus4 x 3 3 2 3 x 192 voicings → Dadd9 x 3 2 2 3 0 272 voicings →

Eb chords in Open E Minor tuning

Eb x 4 3 3 4 3 141 voicings → Ebm x 4 2 3 4 2 38 voicings → Eb5 x x x 3 4 6 41 voicings → Eb7 No easy shape 56 voicings → Ebm7 x 4 2 3 2 2 40 voicings → Ebmaj7 x 4 3 3 3 3 76 voicings → Ebsus2 x 4 1 3 4 1 52 voicings → Ebsus4 x 4 4 3 4 x 90 voicings → Ebadd9 x 4 3 3 6 3 108 voicings →

E chords in Open E Minor tuning

E 0 0 0 1 0 0 607 voicings → Em 0 0 0 0 0 0 724 voicings → E5 0 0 0 x x x 461 voicings → E7 0 0 0 1 3 0 526 voicings → Em7 0 0 0 0 3 0 502 voicings → Emaj7 0 0 0 1 4 0 288 voicings → Esus2 0 0 0 4 7 0 519 voicings → Esus4 0 0 0 2 0 0 659 voicings → Eadd9 0 0 2 1 0 0 412 voicings →

F chords in Open E Minor tuning

F x x 1 2 1 1 105 voicings → Fm 1 1 1 1 1 1 113 voicings → F5 1 1 1 x x x 56 voicings → F7 x 1 1 2 4 1 40 voicings → Fm7 x 6 4 5 4 4 60 voicings → Fmaj7 x 6 5 5 5 5 188 voicings → Fsus2 1 1 1 0 x x 156 voicings → Fsus4 x x 1 3 1 1 90 voicings → Fadd9 x 6 5 5 8 5 148 voicings →

F# chords in Open E Minor tuning

F# x x 2 3 2 2 90 voicings → F#m 2 2 2 2 2 2 98 voicings → F#5 2 2 2 x x x 52 voicings → F#7 x 2 2 3 2 0 178 voicings → F#m7 2 2 2 2 2 0 240 voicings → F#maj7 x 7 6 6 6 6 68 voicings → F#sus2 x x 2 1 2 2 112 voicings → F#sus4 x x 2 4 2 2 196 voicings → F#add9 x 7 6 6 9 6 92 voicings →

G chords in Open E Minor tuning

G x x 3 4 3 3 341 voicings → Gm 3 3 3 3 3 3 141 voicings → G5 x x x 0 3 3 99 voicings → G7 3 3 1 0 0 x 164 voicings → Gm7 x 8 6 7 6 6 108 voicings → Gmaj7 3 3 2 0 0 x 216 voicings → Gsus2 x x 3 2 3 3 192 voicings → Gsus4 x x 3 5 3 3 154 voicings → Gadd9 3 3 3 2 0 x 304 voicings →

Ab chords in Open E Minor tuning

Ab x x 4 5 4 4 52 voicings → Abm 4 4 4 4 4 4 188 voicings → Ab5 4 4 4 x x x 38 voicings → Ab7 4 1 2 1 4 x 84 voicings → Abm7 4 4 2 1 0 x 144 voicings → Abmaj7 4 1 3 1 4 x 108 voicings → Absus2 x x 4 3 4 4 90 voicings → Absus4 x x 4 6 4 4 52 voicings → Abadd9 x 4 4 5 4 6 56 voicings →

A chords in Open E Minor tuning

A 5 5 5 6 5 5 291 voicings → Am 5 5 5 5 5 5 249 voicings → A5 5 5 5 x x x 189 voicings → A7 5 2 3 2 2 0 440 voicings → Am7 5 5 5 5 8 0 394 voicings → Amaj7 5 2 4 2 2 0 226 voicings → Asus2 0 0 0 2 0 0 659 voicings → Asus4 5 5 5 7 5 5 342 voicings → Aadd9 5 5 5 6 0 0 416 voicings →

Bb chords in Open E Minor tuning

Bb 6 6 6 7 6 6 52 voicings → Bbm 6 6 6 6 6 6 90 voicings → Bb5 6 6 6 x x x 41 voicings → Bb7 6 6 6 7 9 6 100 voicings → Bbm7 6 6 6 6 9 6 92 voicings → Bbmaj7 6 3 5 3 6 x 68 voicings → Bbsus2 x x 1 3 1 1 90 voicings → Bbsus4 6 6 6 8 6 6 52 voicings → Bbadd9 6 6 6 7 6 8 40 voicings →

B chords in Open E Minor tuning

B x 0 2 4 4 2 88 voicings → Bm 7 7 7 7 7 7 196 voicings → B5 x 0 2 4 x x 107 voicings → B7 x 0 2 2 4 2 200 voicings → Bm7 x 0 2 2 3 2 192 voicings → Bmaj7 x 0 2 3 4 2 108 voicings → Bsus2 x 0 2 4 2 2 196 voicings → Bsus4 x 0 0 4 7 0 519 voicings → Badd9 7 7 7 8 7 9 72 voicings →

No easy shape: Cm7, Eb7. The engine finds voicings for these, but none that avoid a thumb, a wide stretch or a muted string in the middle; each card links to all of them in the app.

Try any of these in the app

Open—Shape shows every voicing of every chord in Open E Minor tuning, and lets you hear them and chain them into a progression.

Open Open E Minor in the app Open E Minor tuning guide

Questions

Do my standard-tuning chord shapes still work in Open E Minor tuning?

Partly. 2 of the 6 strings change, so a standard shape that avoids them (it can only use the 6th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st strings) keeps its fingering and its sound. Any shape that uses a changed string sounds different and needs adjusting, which is what the chart above does for you.

Why are power chords easier in Open E Minor tuning?

The bottom three strings are tuned E, B, E, which is a root, a fifth and an octave. Barring them at any one fret gives you a power chord with a single finger, so it is faster to move and to mute than the two-finger power chord in standard tuning.

How were these shapes chosen?

The chord engine searches every way to voice each chord in Open E Minor tuning, then these are the easiest of them: no thumb, at most four fingers, within four frets, a root or fifth in the bass, and no muted string between played ones, preferring low positions and fewer muted strings. Each card says how many other voicings exist, and tapping it opens that exact shape in the app.

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