Irish bouzouki Emaj7 chord (GDAE)E major seventh: 1 1 2 0, and 3 more shapes

Emaj7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 1 1 2 0, open position
Emaj7 (E major seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 1 1 2 0, low course to high (Emaj7/G#). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 1 1 2 0 (open position) · Emaj7/G#

  1. G course: 1st fret, index finger (barre), G♯
  2. D course: 1st fret, index finger (barre), D♯
  3. A course: 2nd fret, middle finger, B
  4. E course: open, E

Sounds: G♯ D♯ B E  ·  Emaj7 is E, G♯, B, D♯ (1 · 3 · 5 · 7)

Open courses that ring: E is a note of Emaj7, so it can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Emaj7 shapes

  1. 4fr133BG♯D♯E4 6 6 0
    4fr · Emaj7/B
  2. 6fr4123D♯G♯EB8 6 7 7
    6fr · Emaj7/D#
  3. 9fr1123EBG♯D♯9 9 11 11
    9fr

Other E chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

EEmE7Em7E5Esus2Esus4Emaj7Eadd9

Other major seventh chords

Dmaj7Gmaj7Amaj7Emaj7Bmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7F♯maj7

Emaj7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app