Guitar tuning

Every chord in Open E7 tuning

E·G#·D·E·B·E

Open E7 tuning is E G# D E B E, low to high. Compared with standard tuning, the 5th string goes from A to G# (down a semitone); the 3rd string goes from G to E (down a minor third). This chart gives you an easy shape for 106 chords: major, minor, power, dominant 7, minor 7, major 7, sus2, sus4 and add9, on all 12 roots.

Strings run low to high (E G# D E B E). A number is the fret, 0 is an open string and x is a string you don't play. A label such as 5fr beside a diagram marks where a shape starts higher up the neck. Tap any chord to open that exact shape in the app, along with every other way to play it.

C C# D Eb E F F# G Ab A Bb B

C chords in Open E7 tuning

C x 4 2 3 1 0 304 voicings → Cm x 4 1 3 1 x 55 voicings → C5 x x x 8 8 8 44 voicings → C7 8 8 8 8 8 0 204 voicings → Cm7 x 4 5 6 4 6 66 voicings → Cmaj7 x 4 5 0 0 0 310 voicings → Csus2 x 4 0 3 3 3 93 voicings → Csus4 x 4 3 3 6 3 108 voicings → Cadd9 x 4 2 3 3 0 246 voicings →

C# chords in Open E7 tuning

C# x 5 3 4 2 x 130 voicings → C#m x 5 2 4 2 0 311 voicings → C#5 x x x 9 9 9 69 voicings → C#7 9 9 9 9 9 9 156 voicings → C#m7 x 5 6 0 0 0 378 voicings → C#maj7 9 9 10 9 9 9 102 voicings → C#sus2 x 0 1 4 2 x 37 voicings → C#sus4 x 5 4 4 7 4 154 voicings → C#add9 x 0 1 1 2 1 30 voicings →

D chords in Open E7 tuning

D x x 0 2 3 5 135 voicings → Dm x x 0 5 6 5 88 voicings → D5 x x 0 5 3 x 70 voicings → D7 10 10 10 10 10 10 162 voicings → Dm7 x 6 7 8 6 8 108 voicings → Dmaj7 10 10 7 9 7 x 128 voicings → Dsus2 x x 0 0 3 5 349 voicings → Dsus4 x x 0 3 3 5 165 voicings → Dadd9 x 6 4 5 3 0 274 voicings →

Eb chords in Open E7 tuning

Eb x 7 5 6 4 x 73 voicings → Ebm x 7 4 6 4 x 55 voicings → Eb5 x x x 6 4 6 23 voicings → Eb7 No easy shape 48 voicings → Ebm7 x 7 8 9 7 9 30 voicings → Ebmaj7 x 7 0 6 8 6 56 voicings → Ebsus2 x 2 1 1 4 1 37 voicings → Ebsus4 x 7 6 6 9 6 143 voicings → Ebadd9 x 2 1 1 4 3 50 voicings →

E chords in Open E7 tuning

E 0 0 2 4 0 0 701 voicings → Em 0 3 5 0 0 0 377 voicings → E5 x x x 0 0 0 235 voicings → E7 0 0 0 0 0 0 592 voicings → Em7 0 6 5 0 0 0 308 voicings → Emaj7 0 0 1 0 0 0 294 voicings → Esus2 0 3 4 0 0 0 385 voicings → Esus4 0 3 2 5 0 0 512 voicings → Eadd9 0 0 2 2 0 0 436 voicings →

F chords in Open E7 tuning

F x 9 7 8 6 x 84 voicings → Fm x x 3 4 1 1 179 voicings → F5 x x x 1 1 1 60 voicings → F7 1 1 1 1 1 1 30 voicings → Fm7 x 4 1 1 1 4 78 voicings → Fmaj7 x 9 7 8 6 0 204 voicings → Fsus2 x x 3 3 1 1 108 voicings → Fsus4 x 9 8 8 6 6 101 voicings → Fadd9 x 4 3 3 6 5 72 voicings →

F# chords in Open E7 tuning

F# x 10 8 9 7 x 66 voicings → F#m x x 4 5 2 2 130 voicings → F#5 x x x 2 2 2 53 voicings → F#7 2 2 2 2 2 0 170 voicings → F#m7 2 1 4 0 2 0 284 voicings → F#maj7 No easy shape 64 voicings → F#sus2 x x 4 4 2 2 154 voicings → F#sus4 x 10 9 9 0 x 154 voicings → F#add9 x 5 4 4 7 6 106 voicings →

G chords in Open E7 tuning

G x x 0 7 8 7 125 voicings → Gm x x 5 6 3 3 172 voicings → G5 x x x 3 3 3 75 voicings → G7 3 3 3 3 3 3 108 voicings → Gm7 3 2 0 1 3 1 124 voicings → Gmaj7 3 3 0 2 0 x 120 voicings → Gsus2 x x 5 5 3 3 165 voicings → Gsus4 3 4 0 3 1 x 93 voicings → Gadd9 3 1 0 3 0 x 172 voicings →

Ab chords in Open E7 tuning

Ab x 0 1 4 1 x 62 voicings → Abm x 0 1 4 0 x 210 voicings → Ab5 x 0 1 4 x x 79 voicings → Ab7 4 4 4 4 4 4 78 voicings → Abm7 x 0 4 4 4 7 164 voicings → Abmaj7 x 0 1 3 1 3 94 voicings → Absus2 x 0 6 6 4 4 143 voicings → Absus4 x 0 1 4 2 x 37 voicings → Abadd9 4 2 1 4 1 x 66 voicings →

A chords in Open E7 tuning

A 5 5 7 0 x x 238 voicings → Am 5 4 7 0 x x 364 voicings → A5 x x x 5 5 5 224 voicings → A7 5 5 5 5 5 5 232 voicings → Am7 x 1 2 3 1 0 234 voicings → Amaj7 5 5 6 5 5 5 296 voicings → Asus2 x x 7 0 0 0 512 voicings → Asus4 0 1 0 0 x x 349 voicings → Aadd9 5 5 7 0 0 0 282 voicings →

Bb chords in Open E7 tuning

Bb x 2 0 1 3 1 81 voicings → Bbm 6 5 3 6 x x 108 voicings → Bb5 x x x 6 6 6 59 voicings → Bb7 6 6 6 6 6 6 156 voicings → Bbm7 6 9 6 6 6 9 154 voicings → Bbmaj7 6 6 7 6 6 6 100 voicings → Bbsus2 6 4 3 6 x x 101 voicings → Bbsus4 x 2 1 1 4 1 37 voicings → Bbadd9 x 2 0 1 1 1 76 voicings →

B chords in Open E7 tuning

B x 3 1 2 0 x 73 voicings → Bm x 3 0 2 0 x 256 voicings → B5 x x x 7 7 7 107 voicings → B7 7 7 7 7 7 7 100 voicings → Bm7 7 10 7 7 7 10 226 voicings → Bmaj7 7 7 8 7 7 7 98 voicings → Bsus2 7 5 4 7 x x 154 voicings → Bsus4 x 3 4 0 0 0 385 voicings → Badd9 7 7 9 9 7 7 30 voicings →

No easy shape: Eb7, F#maj7. The engine finds voicings for these, but none that avoid a thumb, a wide stretch or a muted string in the middle; each card links to all of them in the app.

Try any of these in the app

Open—Shape shows every voicing of every chord in Open E7 tuning, and lets you hear them and chain them into a progression.

Open Open E7 in the app Open E7 tuning guide

Questions

Do my standard-tuning chord shapes still work in Open E7 tuning?

Partly. 2 of the 6 strings change, so a standard shape that avoids them (it can only use the 6th, 4th, 2nd, 1st strings) keeps its fingering and its sound. Any shape that uses a changed string sounds different and needs adjusting, which is what the chart above does for you.

How were these shapes chosen?

The chord engine searches every way to voice each chord in Open E7 tuning, then these are the easiest of them: no thumb, at most four fingers, within four frets, a root or fifth in the bass, and no muted string between played ones, preferring low positions and fewer muted strings. Each card says how many other voicings exist, and tapping it opens that exact shape in the app.

Open E7 tuning guide Open D Minor Open E Minor Open A Minor Open G Minor Open C Minor Open E Minor 7 Open A Minor 7 Open G Major 7 All tunings