# E7, the E dominant 7 guitar chord

E7 gives E a restless, bluesy edge. It sounds like it wants to move somewhere, usually toward A, which is why so much blues in E leans on it. If you already know E major, the trap is fretting the D string out of habit. That string rings open here.

E7

## How to play it

- Index finger on the G string (3rd), 1st fret.
- Middle finger on the A string (5th), 2nd fret.
- Let the open low E string (6th), D string (4th), B string (2nd) and high E string (1st) ring.

## Changes to practice

Holding E7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice E7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Open 7ths set:

- [E7 ↔ A7](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-7/) E dominant 7 to A dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A.7.A~E.7.E)
- [E7 ↔ D7](https://strumhold.com/chords/d-7/) E dominant 7 to D dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D.7.D~E.7.E)
- [E7 ↔ G7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-7/) E dominant 7 to G dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/E.7.E~G.7.G)
- [E7 ↔ C7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-7/) E dominant 7 to C dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C.7.C~E.7.E)

## Same root, different color

- [E](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-major/), E major
- [Em](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-minor/), E minor
- [Em7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-minor-7/), E minor 7
- [Emaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-major-7/), E major 7

## Hear yourself get faster

Strumhold listens to your guitar through your device's mic, a headset, or a line-in from your audio interface. You drill a chord change to a metronome and it scores every single change. Free, no account, works offline.

[Drill E7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A.7.A~E.7.E)