# Emaj7, the E major 7 guitar chord

Emaj7 is the Amaj7 grip at the 7th fret, the highest chart in this set. The E-shape major 7th you’d expect can’t reach the nut, so this set teaches it here. The frets are narrow, so keep each fingertip just behind its fret. After it come A♭maj7 and F♯maj7, and then every major 7th the songs ask for is under your hand.

Emaj7

## How to play it

- Index finger flattened across the A string (5th) and high E string (1st), 7th fret.
- Middle finger on the G string (3rd), 8th fret.
- Ring finger on the D string (4th), 9th fret.
- Pinky on the B string (2nd), 9th fret.
- Don't strum the low E string (6th). It stays silent in this shape.

## Changes to practice

Holding Emaj7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice Emaj7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Barre Major 7ths set:

- [Emaj7 ↔ Fmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-major-7/) E major 7 to F major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/E.maj7.A~F.maj7.E)
- [Emaj7 ↔ B♭maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-flat-major-7/) E major 7 to B♭ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A%23.maj7.A~E.maj7.A)
- [Emaj7 ↔ C♯maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-major-7/) E major 7 to C♯ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.maj7.A~E.maj7.A)
- [Emaj7 ↔ E♭maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-major-7/) E major 7 to E♭ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D%23.maj7.A~E.maj7.A)
- [Emaj7 ↔ Bmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-major-7/) E major 7 to B major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.maj7.A~E.maj7.A)
- [Emaj7 ↔ A♭maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-flat-major-7/) E major 7 to A♭ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/E.maj7.A~G%23.maj7.E)
- [Emaj7 ↔ F♯maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-major-7/) E major 7 to F♯ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/E.maj7.A~F%23.maj7.E)

## Same root, different color

- [E](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-major/), E major
- [Em](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-minor/), E minor
- [E7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-7/), E dominant 7
- [Em7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-minor-7/), E minor 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 Emaj7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/E.maj7.A~F.maj7.E)