E chord on guitar
E major
E is a major chord with three notes: E, G# and B. Learn it first as an open shape: three open strings and three fingers on the frets. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and one more way to play it.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.
How to play it
- Index on the G string, fret 1
- Middle on the A string, fret 2
- Ring on the D string, fret 2
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Nothing to skip: strum all six strings.
- Shape
- Open shape
- Fingers
- Threeindex, middle and ring
- Strings played
- All six
- Open strings
- Threethe low E, B and high e strings
- Lowest note
- E2the root, on the low E string
- Frets
- 0 2 2 1 0 0low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in E
- Eroot
- G#major third
- Bperfect fifth
A major chord is three notes: the root, a major third and a perfect fifth. G# is the major third, four frets above the root. B is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root.
String by string
- high e string: E4root
- B string: B3perfect fifth
- G string: G#3major third
- D string: E3root
- A string: B2perfect fifth
- low E string: E2root
Every note of E is in this shape, some of them twice.
Another way to play it
- Barre at fret 7x 7 9 9 9 7Root on the A string.
- E/VII, barre at fret 7x 7 9 9 9 7Its own page in the chart
Songs in Lark with E
One song in the library strums E. Open one for the full chord sheet, then play it with Lark and every chord gets checked.
Related chords
Other E chords
Relative minor
The relative minor of E is C#m. The E major scale uses the same seven notes as the C# natural minor scale.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play E and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.