Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]Yes, yes, it's clear and ok. But try to imagine (with standard eBGDAE tuning) a Em/D (with a D note on the bass): since the D is on the 10th fret of the E string, that means that you can also play it on the 5th fret of the A string... which, as you will probably know, means the same as playing the D string open
......Em/D............Em/D...............Em/D...........
e----0--------------0---------------0--------
B----0--------------0---------------0---------
G----0--------------0---------------0---------
D----0--------------0---------------0[/i][/b]---------
A----2--------------5---------------2---------
E----10-------------0---------------0----------
The underlined, italic and bold Zero,0[/s][/i][/b] (=the D string played open), is the lowest D you can achieve with standard tuning. Therefore, saying Em/D is as right as saying Em7, since (in this case) they are equivalent chords.
PS. A better way to play both the Em7 or the Em/D, in order to add some extra depth and interest to the chord, is playing it like EADGBE = 020030, with the B string pushed on 3rd fret. I always do it like that, moreover it's a fantastic fingering if you're doing a Em7>>G progression![]()
Very true, except that is wouldn't be a Em/D. If you wanted to make such chord, you would have to move the other notes up an octave, in a way that the open string D would be the lowest note.
If the D is not the lowest not, then the chord is not a Em/D.