E major

American  

[ee may-jer] / ˈi ˈmeɪ dʒər /

noun

1. Music. the key that has E as the tonic or first note of its scale and is represented by a key signature having four sharps.

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Example Sentences

He sticks fundamentally to one chord — an E major 9 — and stays with it.

From New York Times

Strauss builds these opposing tensions right into the architecture of her character: His “Elektra chord” — a dissonant stacking of E major and C-sharp major — is the sound of a woman tearing in two.

From Washington Post

NOTE: Notice that IV in the key of B flat is an E flat major chord, not an E major chord, and vii in the key of G is F sharp diminished, not F diminished.

From Literature

But it is important to notice that you can move that song in C major to E major, G flat major, or any other major key.

From Literature

In the exact middle of it there is a moment: There’s a fermata, and then suddenly this E major chord.

From New York Times