THE IONIAN MODE (Emaj7, E(9)

E major would obviously have the same notes as the major scale. Therefore, the notes of E major are: E F# G# A B C# D# . The intervallic realtionship between each of these notes reveals the character of the major scale.

E Major:

By numbering the degrees we get a scale formula we can use which will be consistant with every major scale in every key.

Ionian:

You can see by this scale’s interval content that the chords possible from major are major chord characters: Emaj7 (1 3 5 7). E(add9) (1 3 5 9), Emaj9 ( 1 3 5 7 9) . These are just a few of the possibilities for chords available using the major interval structure: 1 2(9) 3 4(11) 5 6(13) 7. The most popular major chords are undoubtedly the major 7 chord and the major (add9).