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Steel-string acoustic guitar, seen from above
CHORD GUIDE

Emaj7 chord on guitar (E major seventh)

The Emaj7 chord is the notes E, G#, B and D#. The usual shape is an open chord: 0 2 1 1 0 0, from the low E string to the high E. The guitar above is set up with Emaj7 on the R key: tap it or press R to hear it, then strum the strings.

Play it on the guitarSee the fingering
The Acoustic guitar in Guitoro
Press R or tap its pad to hear it
Notes
E G# B D#
Frets
0 2 1 1 0 0
Shape
Open chord
Type
major seventh

How to play Emaj7

Numbers are fingers: 1 index to 4 little

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Emaj7
  1. Your ring finger on the A string at the 2nd fret.
  2. Your index finger on the D string at the 1st fret.
  3. Your middle finger on the G string at the 1st fret.
  4. Let the low E, B and high E strings ring open.

Emaj7 up the neck

The same chord, higher and brighter

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Emaj7 (up the neck)

Play it as x 7 9 8 9 7, a barre at the 7th fret. Switch the guitar's chord level from Standard to Up to hear it.

  1. Lay your index finger flat across the A to the high E string at the 7th fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the D string at the 9th fret.
  3. Your middle finger on the G string at the 8th fret.
  4. Your little finger on the B string at the 9th fret.
  5. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string.

Chords that go with Emaj7

These share a key with Emaj7, so they sound right together, and they're on the pads next to it:

Songs with Emaj7

All the chords: guitar chord chart. Songs to practice them: easy guitar songs. Tune up first with the online guitar tuner.