Emaj7♭5

4-note major 7th flat 5 on EE, G♯, A♯, D♯.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

A major seventh with a lowered fifth — the flat five lends a wistful, Lydian tilt to the major-seventh glow.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1Eroot
3G♯major third
♭5A♯flat fifth (diminished)
7D♯major seventh

The formula reads in semitones above the root (E): 1, 3, ♭5, 7. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 4

4
open position
1234
open position
7fr1234
from fret 7
11fr13411
from fret 11

Ukulele fingerings · 4

132
open position
3fr1234
from fret 3
6fr4311
from fret 6
6fr3412
from fret 6

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other E chords

maj7♭5 chords on every root