Back in stage 1, B7 stood in for Bm and pulled back to Em even harder. Here's why. B7 contains D♯, which isn't in E natural minor: the scale has D. D♯ is one fret below E, so it leans into the home note like Ti leans into Do in a major key.
Raise the 7th of E minor from D to D♯ and you get E harmonic minor. Its 5 chord is B major (or B7), not Bm. Almost all minor-key music borrows that chord for its strong pull home, and the scale's gap between C and D♯ gives it its exotic, classical sound.
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Try this
Play Em Am Bm Em, then Em Am B7 Em. Then solo over the second loop with E harmonic minor and land D♯ → E as B7 goes to Em.
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