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E Major 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.

Guitar

E Major chord for guitar – fingering 0–2–2–1–0–0, chord diagram

Strings 0–2–2–1–0–0

How to play the E Major chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 0–2–2–1–0–0 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) Open

5th string (A) Fret 2 · middle finger

4th string (D) Fret 2 · ring finger

3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger

2nd string (B) Open

1st string (high E) Open

Other names for the E chord

Other names: E major, Emaj, EM

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: E major chord

Notes and intervals in the E chord

Note	Interval
E	Root
G#	Major 3rd
B	Perfect 5th

All variations

E Major chord for guitar, variation 1

Open

0–2–2–1–0–0

E Major chord for guitar, variation 2 from fret 2

Fret 2

X–X–2–4–5–4

E Major chord for guitar, variation 3 from fret 4

Fret 4

X–7–6–4–5–4

E Major chord for guitar, variation 4 from fret 7

Fret 7

X–7–9–9–9–7

E Major chord for guitar, variation 5 from fret 7

Fret 7

X–7–9–9–X–X

E Major chord for guitar, variation 6

Open

2–2–2–2–X–X

E Major chord for guitar, variation 7

Open

0–5–4–0–0–0

E Major chord for guitar, variation 8

Open

X–5–4–3–0–0

E Major chord for guitar, variation 9 from fret 7

Fret 7

7–7–9–9–9–7

E Major chord for guitar, variation 10

Open

X–X–2–2–2–2

E Major chord for guitar, variation 11

Open

0–3–1–2–3–1

Songs using E

Jaromír Nohavica

Jaromír Nohavica

Bedna vod whisky /Bedna od whisky/

Trampská, Wabi a Miki Ryvola

Slunečný hrob

Bratříčku, zavírej vrátka

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