SCALE REFERENCE

E Natural Minor

E – F♯ – G – A – B – C – D1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7

The plain minor scale — the relative minor of a major key, using the same notes from a different home note.

Notes & degrees
E1F♯2Gb3A4B5Cb6Db7
NotesE, F#, G, A, B, C, D
StepsW – H – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half)
Also calledAeolian
Piano
EGABCDF♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯GABCDEBBCDEF♯GABGGABCDEF♯GDDEF♯GABCDAABCDEF♯GAEEF♯GABCDE

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AABCDEF♯GAEEF♯GABCDECCDEF♯GABCGGABCDEF♯G

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iEmEm7
ii°F♯dimF♯m7♭5
♭IIIGGmaj7
ivAmAm7
vBmBm7
♭VICCmaj7
♭VIIDD7

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

iEmii°F♯dim♭IIIGivAmvBm♭VIC♭VIID
Common progressions in E minor

i – ♭VII – ♭VI

Em – D – C

i – iv – v

Em – Am – Bm

i – ♭VI – ♭III – ♭VII

Em – C – G – D

Hear these and thousands of real songs that use them in the Song Chords Database and the progressions reference.

Related keys
Relative majorG majorParallel majorE major
Other scales on E

Core scales & modes

E MajorE Harmonic MinorE Melodic MinorE DorianE PhrygianE LydianE MixolydianE Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

E Major PentatonicE Minor PentatonicE BluesE Major Blues

Jazz & altered

E Harmonic MajorE Phrygian DominantE Lydian DominantE AlteredE Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

E Whole ToneE Diminished (Whole–Half)E Diminished (Half–Whole)E Augmented Scale

World & exotic

E Hungarian MinorE Double Harmonic MajorE Neapolitan Minor
Natural Minor on another root
CC♯DE♭D♯EFF♯GA♭G♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.