E major barre at the 7th fret
E/VII in the chord book
E/VII is E major played as a barre at the 7th fret (the Roman numeral VII after the slash is the fret, not a bass note), with the same notes as the open E shape: E, G# and B. Your index finger lies flat across five strings at fret 7.
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 flat across fret 7, from the A string to the high e
- Middle on the D string, fret 9
- Ring on the G string, fret 9
- Pinky on the B string, fret 9
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Skip the low E string and strum from the A string down.
- Shape
- Barre at fret 7index finger across five strings at fret 7
- Fingers
- Fourindex, middle, ring and pinky
- Strings played
- FiveA, D, G, B and high e
- Open strings
- Noneevery played string is fretted
- Lowest note
- E3the root, on the A string
- Frets
- x 7 9 9 9 7low 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: B4perfect fifth
- B string: G#4major third
- G string: E4root
- D string: B3perfect fifth
- A string: E3root
- low E string: not played
Every note of E is in this shape, some of them twice.
The open shape
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.