E Major Guitar Scale

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Notes in the E Major Guitar Scale

How to play the E Major guitar scale

The E Major scale is a major scale which means it has the following definition:

R 2 3 4 5 6 7

Which notes are in the E Major guitar scale?

The notes in the E Major scale are:

E F# G# A B C# D# E

There are 7 notes in the scale with no flats and 4 sharps.

What are the intervals in the E Major Guitar Scale?

The scale definition for the E Major guitar scale is R 2 3 4 5 6 7 which means that the interval formula for the scale in semitones is:

2 2 1 2 2 2 1

You can also write this as note intervals:

Tone Tone Semitone Tone Tone Tone Semitone

The E Major Guitar Scale on the fretboard

Let's take a look at E Major on the guitar fretboard. Here is the scale across the entire fretboard:

Full guitar fretboard for E Major scale

E Major Guitar Scale Recap

Here is a quick recap of all the information about the E Major covered in this page:

  • The E Major Scale is a major scale.

  • The definition of the E Major scale is: R 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • The notes in the E Major guitar scale are: E F# G# A B C# D# E

  • The interval formula for the E Major scale is: 2 2 1 2 2 2 1

  • The note intervals in the E Major scale are: Tone Tone Semitone Tone Tone Tone Semitone

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