Em/C# guitar chord
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About Em/C#
Em/C# gives the bass its own instruction: keep the upper chord, but make the lowest note. The slash separates those two jobs.
C# is not in the upper triad; it turns the pitch set into a minor sixth chord with its sixth lowest. Hold the upper chord steady and move only the bass. That low line can connect nearby chords without jumping root to root.
Also written Em over C# or Em with C# in the bass.
How to use Em/C#
In which keys. Every note of Em/C# belongs to D major (the ii, the supertonic) and B minor (the iv, the subdominant).
What to play over Em/C#
Useful scales
- +F#AD
Contains Em/C# and adds second, fourth and flat seventh.
- +F#AD#
Contains Em/C# and adds second, fourth and major seventh.
- +FG#A#D
Contains Em/C# and adds flat second, major third, sharp eleventh and flat seventh.
Chords near Em/C#
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6th in bass
The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.