Emaj7 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Emaj7 is a major seventh chord built from E, G#, B, D#. Below: the keys to press, every inversion with its own diagram, the intervals it is made of, the keys whose scale contains it, and a progression that actually uses it. Press any diagram to hear it.

Emaj7

E · G# · B · D#

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 4 – 7 – 11

A major third at the bottom is what makes this bright and settled.

Inversions of Emaj7

  • Root position

    E · G# · B · D# · bass E

  • Inversion 1

    G# · B · D# · E · bass G#

  • Inversion 2

    B · D# · E · G# · bass B

  • Inversion 3

    D# · E · G# · B · bass D#

Same chord, different note at the bottom. Press a diagram to hear it — inversions are how you move between chords without jumping your hand across the keyboard.

Keys that contain Emaj7

  • EI
  • BIV

In E it does this job: I – V – vi – IV

  1. Emaj7
  2. B
  3. C#m
  4. A

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