E Major is one of the most common keys in Bollywood, Punjabi and pop music. Below are the 8songs we've mapped to this key, plus the scale notes, the chords you can play over it, and the Indian classical raga that corresponds to it. Tap any song for its full key, BPM, Camelot and harmonic-mixing breakdown.
The E Major scale
These are the seven notes of the E Major scale:
EF#G#ABC#D#
Its relative key is C# Minor (same notes) and its parallel key is E Minor — the natural options when you transpose a song into a more vocal-comfortable register.
Chords in E Major
The diatonic chord palette — the chords most songs in this key draw from:
| Degree | Chord | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| I | E | Major |
| ii | F#m | Minor |
| iii | G#m | Minor |
| IV | A | Major |
| V | B | Major |
| vi | C#m | Minor |
| vii° | D#dim | Diminished |