2×EG#B
Fig. 1 · E · easy

ukulele chord

E

E1G♯3B5

A major third and a perfect fifth over the root.

on guitaron pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

2
Fig. 2

x442

easy

7
Fig. 3

9877

hard

7
Fig. 4

987x

easy

9
Fig. 5

9bcb

hard

4
Fig. 6

x447

moderate · barre · no 5

What is true of it

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

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x442: 3 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

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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

E/G♯

1402

4
second inversion

E/B

444x

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

EmminorEdimdiminishedEaugaugmentedE5power chordEsus2suspended secondEsus4suspended fourth

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