Em/G guitar chord
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About Em/G
Em/G gives the bass its own instruction: keep the upper chord, but make the lowest note. The slash separates those two jobs.
G is already the upper chord’s third, so this is first inversion. 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 G or Em with G in the bass.
How to use Em/G
In which keys. Every note of Em/G belongs to C major (the iii), D major (the ii), E minor (the i), G major (the vi), A minor (the v) and B minor (the iv).
What to play over Em/G
Useful scales
- +AD
Contains Em/G and adds fourth and flat seventh.
- +ABbD
Contains Em/G and adds fourth, sharp eleventh and flat seventh.
- +F#ACD
Contains Em/G and adds second, fourth, flat thirteenth and flat seventh.
- +F#AC#D
Contains Em/G and adds second, fourth, sixth and flat seventh.
- +FACD
Contains Em/G and adds flat second, fourth, flat thirteenth and flat seventh.
The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.