E5 chord on 6-String Guitar – Drop A

in Drop A (A-E-A-D-F#-B) tuning

✕○✕✕12EBE
E5
Power Chord
Notes:E · B
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Piano Left hand Right hand
EEEB
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x 0 2 2 x x– – 1 2 – –x E B E x xeasy
x x x 2 5 5– – – 1 2 3x x x E B Emedium
7 0 7 x 5 53 – 4 – 1 2E E E x B Ehard
7 7 7 x x x1 1 1 – – –E B E x x xeasy · barre on fret 7
x 0 x 9 10 0– – – 1 2 –x E x B E Beasy
x x x x 10 12– – – – 1 2x x x x E Bmedium
x 12 x x x 12– 1 – – – 2x E x x x Beasy
x 0 2 2 x 0– – 1 2 – –x E B E x Beasy
x x x 2 5 x– – – 1 2 –x x x E B xmedium
7 7 7 x 5 02 3 4 – 1 –E B E x B Bhard
7 7 x x x x1 2 – – – –E B x x x xeasy
x 0 x 9 10 x– – – 1 2 –x E x B E xeasy
x 12 x x 10 12– 2 – – 1 3x E x x E Bhard
x 0 2 2 5 0– – 1 2 3 –x E B E B Bmedium
x x 2 2 x x– – 1 2 – –x x B E x xeasy
7 7 7 x 5 x2 3 4 – 1 –E B E x B xhard

The E5 chord (Power Chord) is built from the notes E, B. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – Drop A generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the E5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 5

DegreeSemitonesNote
10E
57B

More E chords

Other roots

See E5 in another tuning

What notes make up the E5 chord?

E5 is a Power Chord chord built from the notes E, B.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.