If you've been following our series of articles on beginner ukulele chords you'll already be able to play a number of chords: A minor, G, F and C. In this article we'll be giving you one more to add to your repertoire: E minor.
As you'll remember from our previous article on the A minor chord, all minor chords need to contain a note that is three frets above the chord note (also know as a minor third). With the chord note being E, the chord E minor must contain the note G.
There are two ways you can play the E chord on the ukulele in the first position and we'll be taking a look at how to play both of them.
E Minor: Option One
The first version of the E minor chord we'll look at is the most common one and requires three fingers to play. Third finger - C string - 4th fret. Second finger - E string - 3rd fret. First finger - A string - 2nd fret.
The remaining string (G) should remain open to give you the first way of playing the Em chord.
E Minor Chord: Alternative Version
As you might have noticed, the first way of playing the Em chord has two G notes in it: at the third fret of the E string and the open G string.
For any chord, you only need to hear each note that makes it up once. So you can do away with the one on the E string and let that string ring open too (since the note E is obviously part of the Em chord).
This might string you as being an easier way to play the chord - since it takes one less finger to play - but that is not true.
Taking your finger off the E string will increase its height. This makes it much more likely that you will accidentally mute it with your ring finger. That's why the first inversion we covered is the more popular.
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