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 • Feb. 7, 2024

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 • Oct. 30, 2022

A subtler figure, associated with Catholic ritual, is a harmonic progression that combines a tonic chord with a triad on the flattened sixth degree: say, A-flat major against E major.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 15, 2018

There had already been an extraordinary foretaste of the final recital when Schiff played the whole of the E major sonata Op 109 as an encore after the Hammerklavier.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2013

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 "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones