E Major Scale on Piano & Guitar + Chords in the Key of E Major

🐘 Here's a memorable E major scale reference which shows the notes, finger position on the piano keyboard, intervals, scale degrees, diatonic chords and common chord progressions in E major.

🎸 You'll also find the E major scale on the guitar fretboard.

The E major scale is a diatonic scale consisting of the pitches E, F^♯, G^♯, A, B, C^♯ and D^♯. Its relative minor is C^♯ minor.

The E major scale has a key signature of 4 sharps: F^♯, C^♯, G^♯ and D^♯.

The key of E major is closely related to the key of A major and the key of B major.

→ go to all major & minor scales

E major scale piano layout & finger position

Here's a piano keyboard showing the notes of the E major scale, followed by a visual for the finger position on the piano. Hit play to hear the notes of the E major scale up and down:

• E
• F^♯
• G^♯
• A
• B
• C^♯
• D^♯
• E

E Major Scale on Guitar

🎸 Here you'll find a guitar fretboard representation with the notes of the E major scale , using standard guitar tuning: E A D G B E. You can show all notes, only the root notes, the intervals or the scale degrees:

You can also highlight specific scale positions on the guitar fretboard for the E major scale, using the CAGED system or the Three Notes Per String system (TNPS):

Chords in the key of E major
(E major diatonic chords)

The diatonic chords in the key of E major are: E major, F^♯ minor, G^♯ minor, A major, B major, C^♯ minor and D^♯ diminished

Tap or use numbers 1 through 7 to trigger the chords. You can also tap to trigger the chord inversions or the 7th chords. This tool can be used as a chord progression generator.

Popular Songs in the Key of E Major

• Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
• Where Is My Mind? by The Pixies
• Levels by Avicci
• 'Till I Collapse by Eminem
• Crash Into Me by Dave Matthews Band
• I Was Made for Lovin' You by KISS
• High and Dry by Radiohead
• I Wanna Be Your Dog by The Stooges
• She's Always a Woman by Billy Joel
• We Can't Stop by Miley Cyrus
• Best of You by Foo Fighters
• Be My Baby by The Ronettes

Major scale formula

🔧 The major scales are constructed using this note pattern:

• W-W-H-W-W-W-H

W = Whole step   H = Half step

go to a different major or minor scale:

C majorC^♯ majorD_♭ majorD majorE_♭ majorF majorF^♯ majorG_♭ majorG majorA_♭ majorA majorB_♭ majorB majorC_♭ major

C minor C^♯ minor D_♭ minorD minorD^♯ minorE_♭ minorE minorF minorF^♯ minorG minorG^♯ minorA_♭ minorA minorA^♯ minorB_♭ minorB minor