Em/A Guitar Chord

The E minor over A is a minor chord. Explore fingerings, progressions, and theory analysis below.

Finger Positions

Minor
Em/A diagram
Root Note E
Name E minor over A
Intervals 1P-3m-5P
Relative Minor G
Notes A, E, G, B
Aliases Em, Emin, E-

Common Progressions Popular patterns using E

I-V-vi-IV

Em → Bm → C → Am

vi-IV-I-V

C → Am → Em → Bm

Diatonic Family (Triads)

Em F#dim G Am Bm C D

Diatonic Family (7ths)

Em7 F#m7b5 Gmaj7 Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7 D7

Scale Compatibility

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Minor Major Blues Minor Blues Melodic Minor Harmonic Minor Dorian Phrygian Vietnamese 1 Pelog Hirajoshi Minor Pentatonic Minor Six Pentatonic Flat Three Pentatonic Minor #7m Pentatonic Minor Hexatonic

* 15 scales found containing the notes A, E, G, B.

Audio & MIDI Analysis

MIDI Numbers 69, 64, 67, 71
Frequencies (Hz)

440, 329.6275569128699, 391.99543598174927, 493.8833012561241