E7
Dominant 7 · E – G♯ – B – D
- ER
- G♯3
- B5
- D♭7
Guitar voicings
Piano
- Root
- Third / sus
- Fifth
- Sixth / seventh
- Extension
About the E7 chord
The E7 chord (Dominant 7) is built from E (the root), G♯ (a major third), B (a perfect fifth) and D (a minor seventh). Dominant seventh chords add bluesy tension that pulls toward resolution, central to blues, jazz and funk.