Chord Of The Week 10/8/13 : E /E7

bigjon · August 2013

Usual open voicing low-to-high:

022100

Commonest E7 variant:

022130, closely followed by 020100 and 020130

World-famous extensions include:

The Hendrix Chord E7#9 07678x

The James Brown Chord E9 076777 with a toggle to E9add13 076779

What are your favourite E or E7 chords? (Please save your ethereal Emaj7 voicings for another occasion)

bigjon · August 2013

bigjon said:

What are your favourite E or E7 chords? (Please save your ethereal Emaj7 voicings for another occasion)

Mine are this mellow E7sus4 (sounds great for a strummy song in the key of A)

E7sus4 020200

and this powerful blues E7no3rd

E7no3rd 022430

bigjon · August 2013

Index to previous Chord Of The Week threads is here

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/598/chord-of-the-week-index

viz · August 2013

02xxxx

mike_l · August 2013

@Viz that's about my limit.......

@bigjon I'll try the James Brown chords over Hey Joe, I reckon they sould fit nicely.....

mike_l · August 2013

bigjon said:

and this powerful blues E7no3rd

E7no3rd 022430

Barring across the 2nd fret, so the high E string is playing an F# does this become E7 sus-2 ?

ourmaninthenorth · August 2013

E+

xx2110

Bellycaster · August 2013

The "G" and "C" Shaped EMaj Chords sound nice but are a bugger for your fingers to easily fall onto.

12,11,9,9,9,12

X76454

E7

X76750 I like the open note ringing out

and a nice one for funk

XX9,9,9,10

snakemanStoo · August 2013

My alternatives for E : 7 7 x x x x, or x 11 9 9 9 x

E7 : 0 14 0 13 15 0

bigjon · August 2013

mike_l said:

bigjon said:

and this powerful blues E7no3rd

E7no3rd 022430
Barring across the 2nd fret, so the high E string is playing an F# does this become E7 sus-2 ?

It could be interpreted that way, but a sus2 would usually have the F# lower in pitch ready to resolve up to a G# 3rd. In your version the F# on the top string sounds more like a 9th extension sitting at the top of a chord, so I'd call 022432 E9(no 3rd)

mike_l · August 2013

@bigjon that sounds reasonable to me

mike_l · August 2013

Oh and the James Brown chord does fit where an E is in Hey Joe........

bigjon · August 2013

bigjon said:
E7no3rd 022430

A variant of this which sounds great linking to an A chord, say in the 4th bar of a 12-bar blues in E -

E7/G# - 4x2430

mike_l · August 2013

bigjon said:

It could be interpreted that way, but a sus2 would usually have the F# lower in pitch ready to resolve up to a G# 3rd. In your version the F# on the top string sounds more like a 9th extension sitting at the top of a chord, so I'd call 022432 E9(no 3rd)

So playing the F# on the D string would (technically) be the sus2 version.

So 024430, which could also be Bm/E. Incidentally the opening chord from Judas priest "Beyond the realms of death" (without the low E!!!)

bigjon · August 2013

mike_l said:
So 024430, which could also be Bm/E.

Nope, that would be Bmadd11/E [/pedant]

mike_l · August 2013

Lol, bloody pedants....

bigjon · August 2013

When I play rhythm under a funk solo in E, I like to play this smaller E7 fragment - good with wah and muting

E7 - 0767xx

ourmaninthenorth · August 2013

mike_l said:

Lol, bloody pedants....

That's the only scale I know...the pedantatonic...

) b-(

bigjon · August 2013

bigjon said:
E7 - 0767xx

Now let's look at the various ways this E7 can be extended when leading into an A or Am chord in a V-I progression. So far we have a root in string5 (and a low root on string6), a 3rd on string4 and a 7th on string3. If you're wondering where the 5th has gone, it might get added later on the top string (fret7) but it might not - it's not essential for an E7 chord.

Let's start with the extra notes we can add on string2, beginning with just the root repeated

E7: 07675x

It sounds fine followed by an Amaj7 or Am chord, by a bit dull. Let's spice it up by moving the note on string2 up one fret at a time -

E7b9: 07676x

E9: 07677x

E7#9: 07678x (the Hendrix chord again, but this time used as a V chord in the key of A)

Next note after (fret9) is a G# again, which is already in the chord as a 3rd

bigjon · August 2013

Now let's skip string2 and go to string1. Fret5 on the top string would be a sus4 and would clash horribly with the G# on string4, so we'll start 1 fret higher and keep going.

E7b5: 0767x6

E7: 0767x7 (there's that 5th added back in from the last post)

E7#5: 0767x8

E7add13: 0767x9

Next note after (fret10) is a D again, which is already in the chord as a 7th

bigjon · August 2013

So we now have 4 available extensions on the 2nd string and 4 available extensions on the top string. If we combine them and play 2 extensions at once, that will give us 4x4 = 16 extra ways of extending this E7 chord, so 24 in all. Some of them you won't have enough fingers for, so you'll need to drop the E note on the 5th string and let the open 6th string take care of the root of the E7 chord.

So here are the 16 double extensions for this E7 chord: -

1- E7b5: 0x6756

2- E7: 0x6757

3- E7#5: 0x6758

4- E7add13: 0x6759

5- E7b9b5: 0x6766

6- E7b9: 0x6767

7- E7b9#5: 0x6768

8- E7b9add13: 0x6769

9- E9b5: 0x6776

10- E9: 0x6777 (the James Brown chord again)

11- E9#5: 0x6778

12- E9add13: 0x6779

13- E7#9b5: 0x6786

14- E7#9: 0x6787

15- E7#9#5: 0x6788

16- E7#9add13: 0x6789

mike_l · August 2013

Nice extensions that man.

bigjon · August 2013

mike_l said:

Nice extensions that man.

Let's see how many I can work into a Blues in A tonight at the Blues Jam ;-)

Clarky · August 2013

E7b9 in 1st inv

4xx431

you'd play this finger style typically following it with an Am [perfect cadence stuff]

E11 <-- smug chord

077777

or

022232

mike_l · August 2013

@bigjon ; more than I managed......

@Clarky ; careful or you'll be playing Jazz.....

bigjon · August 2013

Clarky said:
E11 <-- smug chord
077777

That's the 'Harvest For The World' chord there, that is

[Deleted User] · August 2013

I like the partial E9 XXX777. Especialyy in an ending slid up from Eb9 XXX666

viz · August 2013

I love this one, which fits major and minor pieces: 0xxxx0

Clarky · August 2013

mike_l said:

@Clarky ; careful or you'll be playing Jazz.....

yeah it's a bit "nice" for me..

of course, in the even that I accidentally actually played an 11 chord [the smuggest of all chords],

I would obviously need to follow it with many minutes of feedback..

the only real antidote

mike_l · August 2013

viz said:

I love this one, which fits major and minor pieces: 0xxxx0

It always sounds wrong when I play it

Clarky · August 2013

that's cos you're not playing it loud enough

volume is the only true elixir

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