E Major Scale on Piano

E Major: E F♯ G♯ A B C♯ D♯. See every note on the piano keyboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.

Notes

• Notes: E F♯ G♯ A B C♯ D♯
• Formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
• Steps (W whole, H half): W W H W W W H

Same notes as

• C♯ Minor

Finding it on the keys

• E is the white key just right of the two black keys
• White keys: E A B
• Black keys: F♯ G♯ C♯ D♯

About the Major scale

• Bright and settled: the sound most melodies come home to.
• Pop, folk, country, hymns.
• Its relative minor starts on the 6th note and uses the same notes.

Chords in E Major

• I: E
• ii: F♯m
• iii: G♯m
• IV: A
• V: B
• vi: C♯m
• vii°: D♯°

Other instruments

• E Major on Guitar
• E Major on Bass
• E Major on Ukulele

More on E Major

• E Major on the circle of fifths
• Chord progressions in E Major