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E major scale on guitar

E major has 7 notes: E, F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D♯. Also called Ionian.

E major: notes, degrees and the semitones to the next note
NoteEF♯G♯ABC♯D♯
Degree1234567
Step2212221

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 scale, note names, frets 0 to 15E2F#2G#2A2B2C#3D#3E3F#3A2B2C#3D#3E3F#3G#3A3B3D#3E3F#3G#3A3B3C#4D#4E4G#3A3B3C#4D#4E4F#4G#4A4B3C#4D#4E4F#4G#4A4B4C#5E4F#4G#4A4B4C#5D#5E5F#56E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
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E major scale, degrees, frets 0 to 151234567124567123457123456713456712345671234561234567126E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
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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 scale run fingers there.

E major, position 1, frets 0 to 4123456712345671236E25A24D33G32B31E401234
    Position 1: frets 0–4, 17 notes
    E major, position 2, frets 2 to 6234567123456712346E25A24D33G32B31E423456
      Position 2: frets 2–6, 17 notes
      E major, position 3, frets 5 to 9456712345671234566E25A24D33G32B31E456789
        Position 3: frets 5–9, 17 notes
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        E major, position 4, frets 7 to 11567123456712345676E25A24D33G32B31E47891011
          Position 4: frets 7–11, 17 notes
          E major, position 5, frets 9 to 13671234567123456716E25A24D33G32B31E4910111213
            Position 5: frets 9–13, 17 notes

            Triads in E major

            DegreeChordPages
            1EE major arpeggio
            2F♯mF♯ minor arpeggio
            3G♯mG♯ minor arpeggio
            4AA major arpeggio
            5BB major arpeggio
            6C♯mC♯ minor arpeggio
            7D♯dimD♯ diminished arpeggio

            Seventh chords in E major

            DegreeChordPages
            1Emaj7Emaj7 arpeggio · Emaj7 drop 2 · Emaj7 drop 3 · Emaj7 drop 2 and 4
            2F♯m7F♯m7 arpeggio · F♯m7 drop 2 · F♯m7 drop 3 · F♯m7 drop 2 and 4
            3G♯m7G♯m7 arpeggio · G♯m7 drop 2 · G♯m7 drop 3 · G♯m7 drop 2 and 4
            4Amaj7Amaj7 arpeggio · Amaj7 drop 2 · Amaj7 drop 3 · Amaj7 drop 2 and 4
            5B7B7 arpeggio · B7 drop 2 · B7 drop 3 · B7 drop 2 and 4
            6C♯m7C♯m7 arpeggio · C♯m7 drop 2 · C♯m7 drop 3 · C♯m7 drop 2 and 4
            7D♯m7♭5D♯m7♭5 arpeggio · D♯m7♭5 drop 2 · D♯m7♭5 drop 3 · D♯m7♭5 drop 2 and 4

            Same notes, other names

            These scales use exactly the notes of E major, starting from another root.

            Major in every key

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