E7

E1G♯3B5D♭7

Major triad, minor seventh. The chord that wants to resolve a fourth up.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

020100

open

Fig. 3

02010x

open

Fig. 4

020130

open

Fig. 5

050404

easy

Fig. 6

020404

easy

What is true of it

E7 is E, G♯, B and D — 1, 3, 5 and b7 counted from E.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 020100: 2 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

3 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are E, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

E7/G♯

450400

second inversion

E7/B

x20100

third inversion

E7/D

xx0100

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

E in other shapes

Emaj7major seventh Em7minor seventh Em(maj7)minor major seventh Emajor Emminor Edimdiminished

C7 C♯7 D♭7 D7 D♯7 E♭7 F7 F♯7 all 374