Emaj7 E major seventh chord
- Notes
- E G# B D#
- Formula
- 1 3 5 7
- Semitones
- 0 4 7 11 above the root
- Other symbols
- EM7, EΔ7
E to G# is a major third (4 semitones), G# to B is a minor third (3 semitones), B to D# is a major third (4 semitones). A major triad plus the note a half step below the root (D#). It has no tritone, so it sounds settled and soft rather than restless like E7.
Emaj7 on the piano
Root position from E4: E4, G#4, B4, D#5. Middle C is C4.
Emaj7 on the guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E). Strings run low E on the left to high e on the right, frets downwards; × is a muted string, ○ an open string, and each dot shows the note it sounds, with the root in blue-green. Every shape below has E as its lowest note.
0 x 1 1 0 x (low E to high e)
Sounds E2 D#3 G#3 B3
x 7 9 8 9 7 (low E to high e)
Sounds E3 B3 D#4 G#4 B4
The E-shape and A-shape grips are movable: an E-shape chord's root is the note under your first finger on the low E string, an A-shape chord's root is the note on the A string. Slide the same grip up or down to play major seventh chords on other roots.
Emaj7 on the ukulele
Standard ukulele tuning is G C E A, drawn with the G string on the left and frets downwards, as ukulele chord charts show it. The G string is tuned higher than the C string (G4 above middle C, a fifth over C4), so the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not on the G string, and a shape can sound as an inversion even when its root is on the G string. All four strings are strummed, so every string plays a chord tone; the root is in blue-green.
1302 (G C E A)
Sounds G#4 D#4 E4 B4
Lowest note D#4, so the chord finder reads it as E/D#.
4446 (G C E A)
Sounds B4 E4 G#4 D#5
Inversions of Emaj7
An inversion puts a note other than the root in the bass. The name is what semicord's chord finder calls those notes played bottom to top; a slash name like C/E means a C chord with E in the bass.
| Position | Notes, bass first | Named | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Root position | E G# B D# | Emaj7 | |
| 1st inversion | G# B D# E | Emaj7/G# | |
| 2nd inversion | B D# E G# | Emaj7/B | |
| 3rd inversion | D# E G# B | E/D# (also read as Emaj7/D#) |