E Minor Chord on Mandolin
Play E Minor on Mandolin: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The E Minor chord is a darker, melancholic minor triad that anchors countless songs. It is built from the notes E, G, B. This page shows how to play E Minor on Mandolin with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The G and E strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 2. E falls on the D string. It sounds from G3 up to E5. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 9.
Mandolin is strung in four courses of two, each pair tuned in unison, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on E or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.