Emaj7 ukulele chord

Lush, warm, and jazzy. The natural 7th sits a semitone below the octave, giving a soft, unresolved shimmer.

E major 7th · standard GCEA tuning · 3 shapes

How to Play Emaj7 on Ukulele

The easiest shape is 1302: G string 1st fret · C string 3rd fret · E string open · A string 2nd fret.

Emaj7 ukulele chord, Open position

Open position

1 3 0 2

Emaj7 ukulele chord, Barre at fret 44

Barre at fret 4

4 4 4 6

Emaj7 ukulele chord, Barre at fret 77

Barre at fret 7

8 8 7 7

Strings left to right are G, C, E and A, as the ukulele faces you. Numbers are frets; 0 means play the string open. Every shape is worked out from the notes the chord must contain and checked against them before it is published.

Notes in Emaj7

E
root
G♯
3rd
B
5th
D♯
7th

A ukulele has four strings, so a 4-note chord uses every string for a different note — there is nothing left to double. Because the G string is tuned high (reentrant tuning), the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not the G.

Songs and Keys That Use Emaj7

Emaj7 belongs to 2 major keys: E major (as the I chord) and B major (as the IV chord).

  • I – V – vi – IV — the most common progression in pop
  • I – IV – V — the backbone of blues and early rock
  • vi – IV – I – V — the pop-punk staple

Emaj7 on Other Instruments

  • Guitar: see the Emaj7 guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
  • Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 1100. A baritone is tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, so guitar shapes carry over and standard-ukulele shapes do not. Tune one with the baritone ukulele tuner.

Tune first

A right shape on an out-of-tune ukulele still sounds wrong. Check G, C, E and A in a few seconds.

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