Chord progressions in E major in open chords, on guitar

A progression in E major loops, strummed the way the app strums it, each chord in open chords — the common open-position chords, ringing the open strings — with a capo where the key asks for one — lit on the guitar as it sounds and the whole key drawn under it. Play over it; N draws a new loop. Nothing listens here, in the browser or in the app — there, Explore suggests what to play over the loop, and leads on to the games that do.

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Explore

Play freely over a chord progression — no input evaluation, no scoring, just visually guided exploration with a few suggestions.

Chords

in the loop

Bars

per chord

Shapes

Tempo

60bpm

Hand

Frets

up to

Tuning

Sound

Metronome

0%

Samples load on first play (~1 MB).

What you’re practicing

Exploration Game. Explore melodies over chord progressions How it works →

On the guitar: six strings in standard tuning, the first twelve frets.

The chords of E major

E major is E F♯ G♯ A B C♯ D♯. The chord on each degree: E (I), F♯m (ii), G♯m (iii), A (IV), B (V), C♯m (vi), D♯° (vii°). The loop draws from the 6 you can rest on — E, F♯m, G♯m, A, B, C♯m — one or two chords with E in front, or four from the progressions below. Every chord is also on the nest explorer, with its shapes.

Progressions in E major the loop plays — the app’s own table for the major mode, spelled in this key:

  • E – A – B – E (I–IV–V–I)
  • E – B – C♯m – A (I–V–vi–IV)
  • E – C♯m – A – B (I–vi–IV–V)
  • F♯m – B – E (ii–V–I)
  • E – C♯m – F♯m – B (I–vi–ii–V)
  • C♯m – F♯m – B – E (vi–ii–V–I)
  • E – A – B (I–IV–V)
  • A – B – E (IV–V–I)
  • E – G♯m (I–iii)

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