What's E7 chord?

Discussion in 'Beginner's Q&A Forum' started by antarasb, Oct 13, 2009.

  1. antarasb

    antarasb New Member

    actually i m a beginner...i know chords like E but not E7...i saw it in the chord of song Aashayien from Iqbal....are there some more chords like E7? plzz explain the E7 chord and other chords like it...
     
  2. andhura

    andhura New Member

    E7 is played like this:

    e 5
    b 7
    g 3
    d 4
    a 4
    e 0

    It's the toughest chord you'll probably play. Do a lot of warm up exercises before you attempt the "E7". Good luck.
     
  3. rickkkyrich

    rickkkyrich Guest

  4. spinningwheel

    spinningwheel New Member

    Hi Antarasb , E7 chord means adding the flattened 7th note of E scale to the E chord. E maj scale goes
    E F# G# A B C# D# E.. now from this scale if you take out 1st /3rd and 5th notes thats E G# and B you get a Emajor chord..if you check Emaj fingering you'll see you play only these three notes and no other..now to get a E7 chord .. add flattened 7th note i.e in a Emaj scale 7th note is D# if you flatten it by a semitone you get D note .. so a E7 chord will have E/G#/B and D notes in it.

    You have many such kind of chords E7 / Esus etc etc .. but if you are a beginner you can do without them and play almost all songs with standard minor/major chords..Till you master 7th chords you can play corresponding major chord instead of 7th.e.g in Iqbal song you can play Emaj you won't notice much change.
     
  5. andhura

    andhura New Member

    Nobody here can give the guy a straight answer.
     
  6. rickkkyrich

    rickkkyrich Guest

    E7:
    e---open
    B---open
    G---1st fret
    D---open
    A---2nd fret
    E---open
     
  7. andhura

    andhura New Member

    Lesson no 1: google. com
     
  8. rickkkyrich

    rickkkyrich Guest

    yes very true... its common sense :)
     
  9. clyde2525

    clyde2525 New Member

    he couldve went on google.....but he came here to get a direct answer from someone instead of searching.......but yall are herbs
     
  10. andhura

    andhura New Member

    You're saying IGT is better than google?
     
  11. rickkkyrich

    rickkkyrich Guest

    how dare you call e'one here "herb" ..there're many knowledgeable ppl here.. if this place is not gud then take ur dirty sh***y a** outta here...
     
  12. flood

    flood New Member

    :think:

    also, this is the first time i've ever seen anyone take offence at the somewhat obscure insult "herb".
     
  13. rickkkyrich

    rickkkyrich Guest

    ya maybe i over reacted.. all apologies !!!
     
  14. antarasb

    antarasb New Member

    hey plzz stop talking about which site is better or insulting anyone....just answer if u can ..or else forget it..plzz dnt insult anyone for silly reasons
     
  15. andhura

    andhura New Member

    Yall are herbs
     
  16. g0g0l

    g0g0l ! SpAm

    You are having problem with E7... There are chances that you'll be having problems with D#7 also :p
    So, I suggest you to learn the basic scales like Major, minor, Dominant 7th, Pentatonic etc and also learn that how the chords are formed out of these scales.... Then attempt to play chords. If you do that, you'll be able to figure out all the chords in various shapes and positions. I hope that helps....
     
  17. g0g0l

    g0g0l ! SpAm

    by the way, E7 is one of the easiest chords to play... Just hold E Major in Nut position and add the 7th note (3rd fret, second string, hold it with your pinky) and there you have it :p
     
  18. andhura

    andhura New Member

    Suggu suggu....
     
  19. g0g0l

    g0g0l ! SpAm

    why you :mad:
     

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