Arpeggio · Em△7 · Guitar
The Em△7 arpeggio is E – G – B – D♯ — chord tones 1 ♭3 5 7. Em△7 is a minor tonic with a raised seventh — the melodic-minor tonic; its sound is noir, cinematic. Below, every E, G, B, D♯ on the fretboard is marked, with the root in gold. Press play to hear a one-octave arpeggio, or tap any note.
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Guitar · standard tuning
Piano
Play loops the arpeggio up and down one octave (switch Loop off for a single pass) in the position starting at fret 7. Tap any marked note to hear it. “Show” switches or combines the fretboard and keyboard; “Sound” picks the instrument you hear. Audio is synthesized in the browser.
Reference
| Chord tone | Note | Interval from E |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | E | unison (0 semitones) |
| ♭3 | G | minor 3rd (3 semitones) |
| 5 | B | perfect 5th (7 semitones) |
| 7 | D♯ | major 7th (11 semitones) |
Goes with: E Melodic minor (E F♯ G A B C♯ D♯). Voicings: Em△7 voicings on guitar.
Common questions
E – G – B – D♯. As chord tones: 1 ♭3 5 7. Played one after another instead of together, that is the arpeggio.
Em△7 is a minor tonic with a raised seventh — the melodic-minor tonic. Its character is noir, cinematic.
E Melodic minor (E F♯ G A B C♯ D♯) — the arpeggio is the skeleton of that scale, so practise them together.
Start on the root E on the A string at fret 7 and play A-string fret 7, A-string fret 10, D-string fret 9, G-string fret 8, G-string fret 9. Then play it descending, then in eighth notes with a metronome, then over the a minor tonic with a raised seventh — the melodic-minor tonic.
Keep going
Same arpeggio on piano · Minor-major 7th hub · chord-scale theory.
Other arpeggios from E