Emaj7

E1G♯3B5D♯7

Major triad with a major seventh: a half step below the root, an octave up.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

021100

open

Fig. 3

066400

easy

Fig. 4

02110x

open

Fig. 5

021104

moderate

Fig. 6

021140

moderate

What is true of it

Emaj7 is E, G♯, B and D♯ — 1, 3, 5 and 7 counted from E.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 021100: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

2 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are E, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Emaj7/G♯

421100

second inversion

Emaj7/B

x21100

third inversion

Emaj7/D♯

xx1100

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

E in other shapes

E7dominant seventh Em7minor seventh Em(maj7)minor major seventh Emajor Emminor Edimdiminished

Cmaj7 C♯maj7 D♭maj7 Dmaj7 D♯maj7 E♭maj7 Fmaj7 F♯maj7 all 374