E Major Guitar Chord Chart and Fingering

E chord
Intervals	1 - 3 - 5
Notes in E maj	E - G# (Ab) - B

Major chords are triads, also known as three note chords. The 3 notes that make up major chords are the 1st - 3rd - 5th interval notes counted from the root, ascending as per the major scale. Major chords are often inverted, meaning that we change the order of the notes to 3 - 5 - 1 for example. 5 - 1 - 3 is another popular inveret form of major chords..

E maj Chord Charts, Fingering, Voicings

Here are 6 voicings of the E Major guitar chord, with a chord chart to each voicings' fingering.

E Major voicing 1 E Major voicing 2 E Major voicing 3

E Major voicing 4 E Major voicing 5 E Major voicing 6

Tips:

If you are just starting out with chords, you'll find that your fingers, especially your pinky will go all over the place. Don't get discouraged, they will develop strength and muscle memory with time.
Learning chords takes time. Playing something slow and clean, will always be better than fast and sloppy.

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