Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD)

E7E Dominant 7th

G♯Root

Ctone

D♯tone

F♯tone

Formula 3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2 · Notes G♯ · C · D♯ · F♯

How to play it

E7 fingering positions

Plectrum (CGBD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

E Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 3rd (4 4 3 6) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 15th (16 16 15 18) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Dominant 7th guitar chord — Open (4 1 0 0) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Dominant 7th guitar chord — 4th position (4 7 0 6) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

Read it as tab

E7 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

E Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 3rd (4 4 3 6) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 15th (16 16 15 18) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Dominant 7th guitar tab — Open (4 1 0 0) in Plectrum (CGBD)

E Dominant 7th guitar tab — 4th position (4 7 0 6) in Plectrum (CGBD)

Sound

How E7 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesyconfidentunresolved

Genres

bluesjazzrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesG♯ · C · D♯ · F♯

Formula (scale degrees)3 · ♭6 · 7 · 2

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