E minor

Chords in this key

i Em · ii° F#dim · III G · iv Am · v Bm · VI C · VII D

Borrowed chords

V B · IV A · ii F#m

Songs written in this key

• What Child Is This
• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
• Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
• Wade in the Water
• Sakura Sakura
• We Three Kings
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
• Torna a Surriento
• El Condor Pasa

Patterns you can play in this key

• Minor Royal Road bVI–bVII–v–i
• Minor ii–V–i iiø–V7–i
• Andalusian Cadence i–bVII–bVI–V
• Minor Four Chords i–bVI–bIII–bVII
• Minor Round Trip i–bVII–bVI–bVII
• Natural Minor Three i–iv–v
• Harmonic Minor Three i–iv–V
• Minor Chorus i–bVI–iv–V
• Dorian Vamp i7–IV
• Aeolian Vamp i–bVII
• Minor Canon i–v–VI–III–iv–i–iv–V
• Minor Bossa Cadence iim7b5–V7–i7
• Twelve-Bar Minor Blues i–iv–i–V–iv–i–V
• Phrygian Vamp i–bII
• Dorian Two-Chord i7–ii7–i7
• Passamezzo Antico i–VII–i–V–III–VII–i–V

Keys

• C major
• Db major
• D major
• Eb major
• E major
• F major
• F# major
• G major
• Ab major
• A major
• Bb major
• B major
• C minor
• Db minor
• D minor
• Eb minor
• E minor
• F minor
• F# minor
• G minor
• Ab minor
• A minor
• Bb minor
• B minor