E Chord Guitar Variations - II

 E Chord Guitar Variations - II

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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.

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