Emaj7

E1G♯3B5D♯7

Major triad with a major seventh: a half step below the root, an octave up.

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

9876

hard

Fig. 3

9bbb

hard

Fig. 4

x446

moderate · barre · no 5

Fig. 5

98bb

hard · no 5

Fig. 6

98bx

easy · no 5

What is true of it

Emaj7 is E, G♯, B and D♯ — 1, 3, 5 and 7 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 9876: 4 fingers, held at the 6th fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

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

Emaj7/G♯

1302

second inversion

Emaj7/B

4446

third inversion

Emaj7/D♯

8877

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

E7dominant seventh Em7minor seventh Em(maj7)minor major seventh Emajor Emminor Edimdiminished

Cmaj7 C♯maj7 D♭maj7 Dmaj7 D♯maj7 E♭maj7 Fmaj7 F♯maj7 all 374