E Chord Guitar Variations - II

 E Chord Guitar Variations - II

Guitar chord chart

E Chord is always a special chord for every guitarist or learner. Also, many people start guitar learning from E Chord.

I have already covered E major, E minor, E Augmented chord, Edim chord (E Diminished Chord), Esus2 chord (E Suspended) and Esus4 guitar chords in my previous lesson E Chord Guitar Variation. Please check the previous lesson to get all mentioned chord detail as all those E chord patterns are the basic E chord pattern we are going to cover in this lesson.

This lesson will talk about E7 Chord, E major 7 chord, E minor 7 Chord, E Dim 7 chord (Diminished), E add 6 and E add 9 chords.

All these chords hold the same importance as these E chord patterns are very frequently used in the chord progression and melody.

Let’s begin the E Chord Guitar learning,

E Chord Guitar Chords Variations:

    

1. E 7 chord variation - 1:

Fig. E7 Chord 

To play E 7 chord on guitar place your first finger on 3^rd guitar string 1^st fret, second finger on 5^th guitar string 2^nd fret and fourth finger on 2^nd guitar string 3^rd fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

All guitar strings will be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

   2. E 7 chord variation - 2:

Fig: E7 Chord

To play E 7 chord on guitar place your first finger on 2^nd guitar string 5^th fret, second finger on 4^th guitar string 6^th fret, third finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret and fourth finger on 3^rd guitar string 7^th fret.

  3. E 7 Chord Variation-3:

Fig: E7 Chord

To play E 7 chord on guitar put a barre from your first finger on 7^th fret, third finger on 4^th guitar string 9^th fret and fourth finger on 2^nd guitar string 9^th fret.

 4. E 7 Chord Variation-4:

 

Fig: E7 Chord

To play E 7 chord on guitar place your first finger on 4^th guitar string 2^nd fret, second finger on 2^nd guitar string 3^rd fret, third finger on 3^rd guitar string 4^th fret and fourth finger on 1^st guitar string 4^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 5^th and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

5. E7 Chord Variation-5:

 

Fig: E7 Chord

To play E 7 chord on guitar put a barre from your first finger on 9^th fret, second finger on 1^st guitar string 10^th fret, third finger on 5^th guitar string 11^th fret and fourth finger on 6^th guitar string 12^th fret.

 6. E major 7 Chord Variation-1:

 

Fig: Emaj7 Chord

To play E maj7 chord on guitar place your first finger on 4^th guitar string 1^st fret, second finger on 3^rd guitar string 1^st fret and third finger on 5^th guitar string 2^nd fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

All guitar strings will be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

7. E major 7 Chord Variation-2:

 

Fig: Emaj7 Chord

To play E maj7 chord on guitar put a semi barre from your first finger on 4^th fret, third finger on 4^th guitar string 6^th fret and fourth finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

All guitar strings will be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

8. E major 7 Chord Variation-3:

 

Fig: Emaj7 Chord

To play E maj7 chord on guitar place your first finger on 4^th guitar string 2^nd fret and place a semi barre from the third finger on 4^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 5^th and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

9. E major 7 Chord Variation-4:

 

Fig: Emaj7 Chord

To play E maj7 chord on guitar place your first finger on 4^th guitar string 9^th fret, second finger on 1^st guitar string 11^th fret, third finger on 2^nd guitar string 12^th fret and fourth finger on 3^rd guitar string 13^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 5^th and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

10. E minor 7 Chord Variation-1:

 

Fig: Em7 Chord

To play Em7 chord on guitar place your second finger on 5^th guitar string 2^nd fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

All guitar strings will be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

11. E minor 7 Chord Variation-2: 

 

Fig: Em7 Chord

To play Em7 chord on guitar put a semi barre from your first finger on 5^th fret so that it covers guitar strings 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th. Place the third finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret and fourth finger on 3^rd guitar string 7^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 1^st and 6^th need not be played (could be muted by index finger while putting barre) in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

12. E minor 7 Chord Variation-3:

 

Fig: Em7 Chord

To play Em7 chord on guitar put a barre from your first finger on 7^th fret, second finger on 2^nd guitar string 8^th fret and third finger on 4^th guitar string 9^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

All guitar strings will be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

 13. E minor 7 Chord Variation-4:

To play Em7 chord on guitar place your first finger on 4^th guitar string 2^nd fret, second finger on 2^nd guitar string 3^rd fret, third finger on 1^st guitar string 3^rd fret and fourth finger on 3^rd guitar string 4^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 5^th and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

14. E minor 7 Chord Variation-5:

 

Fig: Em7 Chord

To play Em7 chord on guitar place your first finger on 2^nd guitar string 3^rd fret, second finger on 3^rd guitar string 4^th fret and third finger on 4^th guitar string 5^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 5^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

 15. E dim 7 Chord Variation-1:

 

Fig: Edim7 Chord

To play E dim7 chord on guitar put a semi barre from your first finger on 5^th fret so that it reaches 4^th guitar string (otherwise put barre in such a way to mute 5^th and 6^th string by keeping fingertip loose), place the third finger on 3^rd guitar string 6^th fret and fourth finger on 1^st guitar string 6^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 5^th and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

16. E dim 7 Chord Variation-2:

 

Fig: Edim7 Chord

To play E dim7 chord on guitar put a semi barre from your first finger on 6^th fret so that it reaches 3^rd guitar string, place the second finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret, third finger on 4^th guitar string 8^th fret and fourth finger on 2^nd guitar string 8^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

17. E dim 7 Chord Variation-3:

 

Fig: Edim7 Chord

To play E dim7 chord on guitar place your first finger on 3^rd guitar string 9^th fret, second finger on 5^th guitar string 10^th fret, third finger on 4^th guitar string 11^th fret and fourth finger on 2^nd guitar string 11^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 1^st and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

 18. E add6 Chord Variation-1:

 

Fig: Eadd6 Chord

To play E add6 chord on guitar place your first finger on 2^nd guitar string 5^th fret (could mute 1^st guitar string from index finger while picking 2^nd string), second finger on 4^th guitar string 6^th fret, third finger on 3^rd guitar string 6^th fret and fourth finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 1^st and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

19. E add6 Chord Variation-2:

 

Fig: Eadd6 Chord

To play E add6 chord on guitar place your first finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret (raise index finger a bit so that it just manages to touch 6^th string to mute it) and put a semi barre from your third finger on 9^th fret so that it covers 1^st – 4^th guitar strings.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

20. E add6 Chord Variation-3:

 

Fig: Eadd6 Chord

To play E add6 chord on guitar place your first finger on 3^rd guitar string 1^st fret, second finger on 4^th guitar string 2^nd fret and third finger on 2^nd guitar string 2^nd fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 5^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

 21: E add9 Chord Variation-1:

 

Fig: Eadd9 Chord

To play E add9 chord on guitar place your first finger on 4^th guitar string 6^th fret, second finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret and third finger on 2^nd guitar string 7^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 1^st, 3^rd, and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

22. E add9 Chord Variation-2:

 

Fig: Eadd9 Chord

To play E add9 chord on guitar place your first finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret, second finger on 4^th guitar string 9^th fret, third finger on 2^nd guitar string 9^th fret and fourth finger on 3^rd guitar string 11^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 1^st and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

 23. E add9 Chord Variation-3:

 

Fig: Eadd9 Chord

To play E add9 chord on guitar place your first finger on 3^rd guitar string 1^st fret, second finger on 4^th guitar string 2^nd fret and third finger on 1^st guitar string 2^nd fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 5^th and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

CONCLUSION:

In this post we have covered different E Chord Guitar variations such as E7 Chord, E major 7 chords, E minor 7 Chord, E Dim 7 chord (Diminished), E add 6 and E add 9 chords. I have already posted Simple E chord variation including E suspended and diminished chords so as to make you familiar with these E chords Guitar Easy and Different Chords Variations. Please check out the post to learn all suitable chord patterns.

I hope you have enjoyed this E Chord Guitar Variation lesson. To get more details on Guitar Chords and different important techniques/ theories and similar lessons check out our complete blog How to Play Guitar Chords.

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Happy E Chord Guitar Variations Learning!!!

E Chord Guitar Variations

E Chord Guitar Variations

Guitar chord chart

E Chord is everyone’s first chord lesson in Guitar learning since it is among the most important chords which are quite easy to play. Just like every chord, E chord also, have various guitar chords variation to suffice the need for songs and feel.

In this lesson, we will look at different types of E chord along with variation and guitar chord chart.

We will look at the guitar chord chart for different positions of E major chord, Em chord, Eaug chord (E Augmented Chord), Edim chord (E Diminished Chord), Esus2 chord (E Suspended) and Esus4 guitar chords.

This is to present you all the actual positions of E Chord on guitar. All variations in the same E Chord category will sound a little different from each other. There are a couple of E Chord positions which are quite difficult for beginners and that is why we have also provided almost all alternatives so as to give you the freedom to choose as per your requirement and difficulty level.

We will recommend going through all the E Chord patterns and when you get the grip on the easy pattern then try to play the difficult patterns as well. As they are also holding the same importance.

Let’s begin the E Chord Guitar learning,

E Chord Guitar Chords Variations:

1.    E major chord variation - 1:

E Chord Guitar How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E major chord on guitar place your first finger on 3^rd guitar string 1^st fret, second finger on 5^th guitar string 2^nd fret and third finger on 4^th guitar string 2^nd fret.

2.    E major chord variation - 2:

E Chord  | How to play Guitar Chord 

  

How to play E Chord:

To play E major chord on guitar put a semi barre from your first finger on 4^th fret, second finger on 2^nd guitar string 5^th fret, third finger on 4^th guitar string 6^th fret and fourth finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

3.    E major chord variation - 3:

E Chord  | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E major chord on guitar put a semi barre from your first finger on 7^th fret and fourth finger on 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th guitar string 9^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

4.    E major chord variation - 4:

E Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E major chord on guitar place your first finger on 4^th guitar string 2^nd fret, second finger on 3^rd guitar string 4^th fret, third finger on 1^st guitar string 4^th fret and fourth finger on 2^nd guitar string 5^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 5^th and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

5.    E major chord variation - 5:

 

E Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E major chord on guitar put a semi barre from your first finger on 9^th fret, second finger on 5^th guitar string 11^th fret, third finger on 6^th guitar string 12^th fret and fourth finger on 1^st guitar string 12^th fret.

6.    Em chord variation - 1:

 

Em Chord | How to play Guitar Chord

How to play E Chord:

To play E minor chord on guitar place your first finger on 5^th guitar string 2^nd fret and second finger on 4^th guitar string 2^nd fret. You can also play Em Chord by placing your third and fourth fingers instead of first and second. Beauty of placing third and fourth finger placement is that you will get advantage to play this Em chord along with other barre chords.

7.    Em chord variation - 2:

Em Chord |How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E minor chord on guitar place your first finger on 1^st guitar string, second finger on 3^rd guitar string 4^th fret, third finger on 4^th guitar string 5^th fret and fourth finger on 2^nd guitar string 5^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 5^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

8.    Em chord variation - 3:

 Em Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E minor chord on guitar put a barre from your first finger on 7^th fret and place the second finger on 2^nd guitar string 8^th fret, third finger on 4^th guitar string 9^th fret and fourth finger on 3^rd guitar string 9^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

9.    Em chord variation - 4:

 

 Em Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E minor chord on guitar place your first finger on 3^rd guitar string 4^th fret, place the second finger on 4^th guitar string 5^th fret, third finger on 2^nd guitar string 5^th fret and fourth finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 1^st and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

10. Em chord variation - 5:

 Em Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E minor chord on guitar place your first finger on 4^th guitar string 9^th fret put a semi barre to cover strings 1,2 & 3 on 12^th fret and place the second finger on 6^th guitar string on 12^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 5^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

11. Eaug chord variation - 1:

EAug Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E aug chord on guitar pick guitar strings 2^nd and 3^rd from your first finger on 5^th fret, place second finger on 4^th guitar string 6^th fret and third finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 1^st and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

12. EAug chord variation - 2:

EAug Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E aug chord on guitar pick guitar strings 2^nd and 3^rd from your first finger on 9^th fret, place second finger on 4^th guitar string 10^th fret, third finger on 5^th guitar string 11^th fret and fourth finger on 6^th guitar string 12^th fret

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 1^st need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

13. Edim chord variation - 1:

  

Edim Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E dim chord on guitar place your first finger on 5^th guitar string 1^st fret and place the third finger on 4^th guitar string 2^nd fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 1^st and 2^nd need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

14. Edim chord variation - 2:

Edim Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E dim chord on guitar place your first finger on 4^th guitar string 2^nd fret, place second finger on 3^rd guitar string 3^rd fret and third finger on 1^st guitar string 3^rd fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 2^nd, 5^th, and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

15. Edim chord variation - 3:

Edim Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E dim chord on guitar place your first finger on 3^rd guitar string 3^rd fret, place the second finger on 4^th guitar string 5^th fret and fourth finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 1^st, 2^nd, and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

16. Edim chord variation - 4:

Edim Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E dim chord on guitar place your first finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret, place the second finger on 4^th guitar string 8^th fret, third finger on 2^nd guitar string 8^th fret and fourth finger on 3^rd guitar string 9^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 1^st and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

17. Esus2 chord variation - 1:

Esus2 Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E sus2 chord on guitar put a semi barre from your first finger on 2^nd fret, place third finger on 3^rd guitar string 4^th fret and fourth finger on 2^nd guitar string 5^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 5^th and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

18. Esus2 chord variation - 2:

Esus2 Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E sus2 chord on guitar put a semi barre from your first finger on 7^th fret, place the third finger on 4^th guitar string 9^th fret and fourth finger on 3^rd guitar string 9^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

19. Esus2 chord variation - 3:

Esus2 Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E sus2 chord on guitar put a semi barre from your first finger on 9^th fret as mentioned in the picture and place fourth finger on 6^th guitar string 12^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 1^st and 2^nd need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

20. Esus2 chord variation - 4:

Esus2 Chord | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E sus2 chord on guitar put a semi barre from your first finger on 4^th fret, place the second finger on 2^nd guitar string 5^th fret and fourth finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 1^st and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

21. Esus2 chord variation - 5:

  

Esus2 Chord  | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E sus2 chord on guitar place your first finger on 5^th guitar string 2^nd fret, place the third finger on 4^th guitar string 4^th fret and fourth finger on 3^rd guitar string 4^th fret.

22. Esus4 chord variation - 1:

Esus4 Chord  | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E sus4 chord on guitar place your first finger on 5^th guitar string 2^nd fret, place the second finger on 4^th guitar string 2^nd fret and third finger on 3^rd guitar string 2^nd fret.

23. Esus4 chord variation - 2:

Esus4 Chord  | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E sus4 chord on guitar place your first finger on 3^rd guitar string 4^th fret, place the second finger on 2^nd guitar string 5^th fret, place the third finger on 5^th guitar string 7^th fret and fourth finger on 4^th guitar string 7^th fret.

24. Esus4 chord variation - 3:

Esus4 Chord  | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E sus4 chord on guitar put a semi barre from your first finger on 2^nd fret, place the third finger on 3^rd guitar string 4^th fret and fourth finger on 2^nd guitar string 5^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 5^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

25. Esus4 chord variation - 4:

 

Esus4 Chord  | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E sus4 chord on guitar put a barre from your first finger on 7^th fret, place the second finger on 4^th guitar string 9^th fret, place the third finger on 3^rd guitar string 9^th fret and fourth finger on 2^nd guitar string 10^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar String 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

26. Esus4 chord variation - 5:

Esus4 Chord  | How to play Guitar Chord 

How to play E Chord:

To play E sus4 chord on guitar place first finger on 4^th guitar string 2^nd fret, place the second finger on 3^rd guitar string 4^th fret, place the third finger on 2^nd guitar string 5^th fret and fourth finger on 1^st guitar string 5^th fret.

E Chord Guitar Recommendation:

Guitar Strings 5^th and 6^th need not be played in this E Chord Guitar Variation.

CONCLUSION:

In this post we have covered different E Chord Guitar Easy variations such as E major chord, Em chord (E Minor), Eaug chord (E Augmented), Edim chord (E Diminished), Esus2 chord (Suspended) and Esus4 guitar chords. So as to make you familiar with these E Chord Guitar Easy and Different Chords Variations.

I hope you have enjoyed this E Chord Guitar Variation lesson. To get more details on Guitar Chords and different techniques and similar lessons check out our complete blog How to Play Guitar Chords.

There is a lot more to share, stay in touch.

Happy E Chord Guitar Variations Learning!!!