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E major arpeggio on guitar

The E major arpeggio has 3 notes: E, G♯, B.

E major arpeggio: notes and degrees
Note	E	G♯	B
Degree	1	3	5

E major on the whole neck

Every E major note from the open strings to fret 15, in standard E tuning (E A D G B E), by name; by degree under "Show more".

E major

Note names

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E major

Degrees

E major in 5 positions

The neck split into the hand positions Practice Lab practices, one for each place a E falls on a string, with the notes its arpeggio run fingers there.

Position 1: frets 0–4, 8 notes

Position 2: frets 2–6, 7 notes

Position 3: frets 6–9, 7 notes

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Position 4: frets 7–11, 7 notes

Position 5: frets 9–13, 7 notes

Scales with E major in them

Scales on this site that contain E major as one of their chords, and the degree it is built on.

E major on 1
A major on 5
B major on 4
C♯ minor on ♭3
F♯ minor on ♭7
G♯ minor on ♭6
C♯ Dorian on ♭3
F♯ Dorian on ♭7
B Dorian on 4
C♯ Phrygian on ♭3
D♯ Phrygian on ♭2
G♯ Phrygian on ♭6
D Lydian on 2
E Lydian on 1
A Lydian on 5
E Mixolydian on 1
F♯ Mixolydian on ♭7
B Mixolydian on 4
D♯ Locrian on ♭2
G♯ Locrian on ♭6
B♭ Locrian on ♭5
A♭ harmonic minor on ♭6
A harmonic minor on 5
A melodic minor on 5
B melodic minor on 4
E major pentatonic on 1
C♯ minor pentatonic on ♭3
C♯ blues on ♭3
E bebop dominant on 1
F♯ bebop dominant on ♭7
A bebop dominant on 5
B bebop dominant on 4
G♯ altered on ♭6
B♭ altered on ♭5
D Lydian dominant on 2
E Lydian dominant on 1
E♭ Phrygian dominant on ♭2
E Phrygian dominant on 1
D, F, A♭ and B diminished whole–half on 2
E, G, B♭ and C♯ diminished half–whole on 1

Major arpeggio in every key

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