E major is a very useful guitar chord to know and one of the easiest to learn. It is an open chord played on the first two frets of the guitar. "Open" means that one or more strings are left free. With E major and some other background in your background, you will be able to play many of the old classical guitar melodies.
Steps
Step 1. First you need to know the strings
There are six of them. They are numbered from bottom to top, and the thinnest string as the first string. Each string has a corresponding letter or note. Look down. The corresponding letters can be remembered thanks to this short saying, often taught by American guitar teachers. "Eddie Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddie."
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Rope 1 - E (Eddie) - E high
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Rope 2 - B (bye) - Yes
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String 3 - G (good) - Sol
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String 4 - D (dynamite) - D
- String 5 - A (ate) - A
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String 6 - E (Eddie) - Low E