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E/Ab Guitar Chord

The fundamental chord with a bright, happy and stable sound. Forms the basis of most popular, rock, folk and classical music. Consists of three notes: the root, major third and perfect fifth. This is a slash chord — the bass note is Ab instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings 4–7–6–4–5–4

How to play the E/Ab chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 4–7–6–4–5–4 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Fret 4 · index finger
5th string (A) Fret 7 · little finger
4th string (D) Fret 6 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 4 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 5 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 4 · index finger

Notation for E/Ab chord

Other names: E major, E maj, E M

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: E major chord

Intervals and tones in E/Ab chord

Note Interval
E Root
Ab Major 3rd
H Perfect 5th

All Variations

Fret 4
4–7–6–4–5–4
Fret 4
4–X–X–4–5–4
Fret 4
X–X–6–4–5–4
Fret 4
X–X–6–4–5–7

More chords with E as the root

The same chord type in other keys