How to Play an E Minor Guitar Chord

Video Transcript

"Now we have E minor. Let's start by going back to the E major chord that we learned. The E open major chord. Which was this here. Now, let's figure out where the third is in this chord. The third in a key of E is one, two, three, G sharp. So now, all the G sharps that are within this chord here, need to be lowered by a half step to make it a minor chord. Now, let's see what notes we have involved here in this chord. We have an E, we have a B, an E, a G sharp, a B, and an E. So here's our G sharp, the note that's on your first finger. All you need to do is take this note here, lower it by a half step, which means going from the first fret to the zero fret, making it an open string, and you've got your E minor chord."