E guitar chord
E major. Notes: E G♯ B.01
BeginnerEasy shape
Open position · Big & open
Curve your third finger so the open B string rings.
String by string, low to high
- Low E open (E)
- A fret 2, finger 2 (B)
- D fret 2, finger 3 (E)
- G fret 1, finger 1 (G♯)
- B open (B)
- High E open (E)
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HardHarder shape
A-shape · fret 7 · Full & movable
Root on the 5th string at fret 7. Set your first finger across fret 7 first, then add the others.
String by string, low to high
- Low E muted: don’t play it
- A fret 7, finger 1 (E)
- D fret 9, finger 2 (B)
- G fret 9, finger 3 (E)
- B fret 9, finger 4 (G♯)
- High E fret 7, finger 1 (B)
Hear it, then check it
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Open E in Chordbyte03
Practise changing to E
Four-chord progressions with E in them. Each opens in Chordbyte with a metronome, a play-along and a one-minute changes drill.
- A major, I–V–vi–IV: A E F♯m DAs in “Let It Be” by The Beatles.
- A major, I–vi–IV–V: A F♯m D EAs in “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King.
- A major, vi–IV–I–V: F♯m D A EAs in “Zombie” by The Cranberries.
- A major, I–IV–V–I: A D E AAs in “La Bamba” by Ritchie Valens (the same I, IV and V).
- A major, I–ii–IV–V: A Bm D E
- A major, I–IV–I–V: A D A EAs in “Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison (verse).
- E major, I–V–vi–IV: E B C♯m AAs in “Let It Be” by The Beatles.
- E major, I–vi–IV–V: E C♯m A BAs in “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King.
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