What notes are in the E Major seventh sharp eleventh chord?

The E Major seventh sharp eleventh chord contains the notes E · G# · B · D# · A#: the root E with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 7M, 11A stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally E, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the E Major seventh sharp eleventh chord?

Measured from E, the E Major seventh sharp eleventh chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 7M, 11A. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the E Major seventh sharp eleventh chord?

On guitar the most common E Major seventh sharp eleventh shape is 011100, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play E3 · G#3 · B3 · D#4 · A#4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

E Major Seventh Sharp Eleventh Chord (Emaj#4)

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	E3 · G#3 · B3 · D#4 · A#4
Open (drop 2)	D#3 · E3 · G#3 · B3 · A#4
Shell	E3 · G#3 · D#4
Rootless	G#3 · D#4 · A#4

Tap a key or a fret to hear it.

Anatomy

E Major seventh sharp eleventh (Emaj#4) contains the notes E · G# · B · D# · A#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords · extensions

Inversions

An inversion of E Major seventh sharp eleventh puts a chord tone other than E in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales E Major seventh sharp eleventh belongs to.

In which keys

E Major seventh sharp eleventh is diatonic to 2 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

B majorIVmaj#4Subdominant
G# minorVImaj#4Subdominant

Extensions beyond the seventh count when every note sits in the key.

Scales that contain it

E Major seventh sharp eleventh fits inside these scales, each built on E.

E LydianE · F# · G# · A# · B · C# · D#
E Double Harmonic LydianE · F · G# · A# · B · C · D#
E Purvi RagaE · F · G# · A · A# · B · C · D#
E IchikosuchoE · F# · G# · A · Bb · B · C# · D#
E Messiaen's Mode #3E · F# · G · G# · A# · B · C · D · D#

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with E Major seventh sharp eleventh: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

Emaj7E · G# · B · D#
Emaj7b5E · G# · Bb · D#
EE · G# · B
Emajb5E · G# · Bb
E5E · B

Richer

Emaj9#11E · G# · B · D# · F# · A#
Emaj13#11E · G# · B · D# · F# · A# · C#

Major seventh sharp eleventh on every root

Cmaj#4 Dbmaj#4 Dmaj#4 Ebmaj#4 Fmaj#4 F#maj#4 Gbmaj#4 Gmaj#4 Abmaj#4 Amaj#4 Bbmaj#4 Bmaj#4

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Understanding the E Major seventh sharp eleventh chord

Names and symbols

Emaj#4 is the chord symbol for E Major seventh sharp eleventh; it is also written EΔ#4, EΔ#11, EM7#11, E^7#11, Emaj7#11.

Common questions

What notes are in the E Major seventh sharp eleventh chord?: The E Major seventh sharp eleventh chord contains the notes E · G# · B · D# · A#: the root E with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 7M, 11A stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally E, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the E Major seventh sharp eleventh chord?: Measured from E, the E Major seventh sharp eleventh chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 7M, 11A. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the E Major seventh sharp eleventh chord?: On guitar the most common E Major seventh sharp eleventh shape is 011100, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play E3 · G#3 · B3 · D#4 · A#4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.