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Emaj7#5 Guitar Chord

A dreamy, mysterious chord. Typical of modern jazz — made famous by Wayne Shorter among others. Combines the ethereal major seventh with an augmented fifth.

Guitar

Strings 0–3–2–1–4–4

How to play the Emaj7#5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 0–3–2–1–4–4 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) Open
5th string (A) Fret 3 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 2 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · pinky
1st string (high E) Fret 4 · pinky

Other names for the Emaj7#5 chord

Other names: E major 7th sharp 5

Music theory name: major seventh augmented fifth chord

Common name: E major 7th sharp 5 chord

Notes and intervals in the Emaj7#5 chord

Note Interval
E Root
G# Major 3rd
B# Augmented 5th
D# Major 7th

All variations

Open
0–3–2–1–4–4
Fret 4
4–7–6–5–4–4
Fret 7
X–7–10–8–9–X
Fret 9
0–11–10–9–9–11

More chords with E as the root

The same chord type in other keys