Hey Friend,
It's Saturday again, and time to check out the next chord in the A major key. Next up - E major.
This is a chord most of us learn as one of our first. The shape is extremely easy to form with fingers new to guitar, using your index, middle and ring fingers for the basic open triad. Place your index finger on the third string, first fret. Next, add your ring finger on the fourth string, second fret and your middle finger on the second fret of the fifth string.
The exercise files illustrate the shape and fingering for you:
E major is the V chord in the harmonic progression of the A key. look again here and you'll see where it fits in the scheme of the key:
I IIm IIIm IV V VIm VII° A Bm C#m D E F#m G#°
The E major triad derives its notes from the E major scale. It's comprised of E, G# and B in the 1 3 5 scale positions. Here's the E major scale for reference:
E F# G# A B C# D#
And, because we're building out this chord for the key of A major, you can find the same notes within the key. Here's that again:
A B C# D E F# G#
I bolded the E triad notes so you can easily see how they line up.
As with all major chords, E major shows up in six different keys, three major and three minor. First, the majors:
Key I IIm IIIm IV V VIm VII° E E F#m Gm A B C#m D#° A A Bm C#m D E F#m G#° B B C#m D#m E F# G#m A#°
And the minor keys:
Key Im II° III IVm Vm VI VII G#m G#m A#° B C#m D#m E F# C#m C#m D#° E F#m G#m A B F#m F#m G#° A Bm C#m D E
I've got lots of cool E major positions for you tomorrow, so stay tuned.
Peace~
Dave | 
