Chord sequence

Em7, Fm7, Em7

Tempo 120 BPM

Rootless Shells Guide tones Rooted shells Rooted Drop 2

Four-note rootless voicings in their two forms, with the 3rd or the 7th on the bottom, played over the root.

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Em7
Fm7
Em7

Analysis

Heard in E minor

Each chord's roman numeral and role in E minor
Chord	Numeral	Role
Em7	i7	Tonic
Fm7	?	Outside the key (bii7)
Em7	i7	Tonic

Progressions in these changes

All the chords

Modal AABA in E

A 32-bar AABA form with one minor 7th chord to each section: eight bars of Dorian on i, and a bridge a half step higher.

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