E fifth piano chord - E5

The E fifth chord is a 2-note chord consisting of the notes E and B.
You can see these notes highlighted in the interactive piano chart below.
The chord itself is often abbreviated as E5.

Interactive piano diagram for the E fifth chord

Piano keyboard displaying the E fifth chord with the notes FbECbB

Extended Chords

Chords that are a superset of E5. The chords include more notes but always E and B.

Scales with E5

Below you find all scales that include E5:

  • major pentatonic
  • major
  • minor
  • major blues
  • minor blues
  • melodic minor
  • harmonic minor
  • bebop
  • dorian
  • lydian
  • mixolydian
  • phrygian
  • ionian pentatonic
  • mixolydian pentatonic
  • ritusen
  • egyptian
  • vietnamese 1
  • pelog
  • kumoijoshi
  • hirajoshi
  • in-sen
  • lydian pentatonic
  • minor pentatonic
  • minor six pentatonic
  • flat three pentatonic
  • flat six pentatonic
  • scriabin
  • lydian dominant pentatonic
  • minor #7M pentatonic
  • minor hexatonic
  • augmented
  • piongio
  • messiaen's mode #5
  • double harmonic lydian
  • mixolydian b6
  • lydian dominant
  • dorian b2
  • augmented heptatonic
  • dorian #4
  • lydian diminished
  • lydian minor
  • phrygian dominant
  • balinese
  • neopolitan major
  • harmonic major
  • double harmonic major
  • hungarian minor
  • hungarian major
  • flamenco
  • todi raga
  • lydian #9
  • messiaen's mode #4
  • purvi raga
  • spanish heptatonic
  • bebop minor
  • bebop major
  • bebop locrian
  • minor bebop
  • ichikosucho
  • minor six diminished
  • half-whole diminished
  • kafi raga
  • composite blues
  • messiaen's mode #3
  • messiaen's mode #7
  • chromatic

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E fifth piano chord chart image

In case you prefer a non-interactive variant of the chord chart, we've embedded a PNG image below that shows the notes for the the E5 chord. Feel free to save or share the image as needed.

Piano chord chart for the E fifth chord (E5). The notes E and B are highlighted.