Learn to Play the Guitar Part 29

We have now learned all the usual Major seventh chords but, as you might have guessed, there are Minor versions of these seventh chords as well.

We’ll start with the E Minor 7. Look at the image below.

Compare that with the E Major 7 and you see that they are quite similar. Just like the E Major 7 was the same as the E Major with your fourth finger on the seventh note of the scale, the E Minor 7 is the same as the E Minor chord with the same seventh note played by the fourth finger.

Practice playing the the E Minor 7 chord and then replace the E and E Major 7 in the blues progression you learned two lessons ago with the E Minor and E Minor 7 chord. This will help your ears notice the difference between the Major and Minor chord progressions.