E 7 Chord on Guitalele

Play E 7 on Guitalele: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The E 7 chord is a dominant seventh — a major triad with a flat seventh that pulls strongly toward resolution. It is built from the notes E, G#, B, D. This page shows how to play E 7 on Guitalele with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The E string rings open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 1 over a 2-fret stretch. The A string stays silent, so 5 of 6 sound. E falls on the D string. It sounds from E3 up to B4.

Guitalele is tuned A–D–G–C–E–A, with 15 frets to work with. Guitar shapes work unchanged on guitalele — finger them exactly as charted; every shape sounds a perfect fourth higher than on guitar.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on E or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.