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A major scale for guitar

Fretboard fingerings, formula, and notes of the A major scale (1 2 3 4 5 6 7) on guitar: A · B · C# · D · E · F# · G#.

Instrument
Scale
Root
Position
Frets15
1224
Chord
A Major
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E
B
G
D
A
E
EF#G#ABC#DEF#BC#DEF#G#ABC#DG#ABC#DEF#G#ADEF#G#ABC#DEABC#DEF#G#ABEF#G#ABC#DEF#35791512
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Legend

1
A
· Root
2
B
· Tension
3
C#
· Third
4
D
· Tension
5
E
· Fifth
6
F#
· Tension
7
G#
· Seventh

Scale sheet

A Major
Formula (degrees)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Notes in key
A B C# D E F# G#
Typical use
Over major and maj7 chords.

Major

The major scale (Ionian) is the reference scale of Western music, built on the whole-whole-half-whole-whole-whole-half interval pattern. It sounds bright and stable, and is the foundation for major and maj7 chords.

Notes of the A major scale: A · B · C# · D · E · F# · G#.

See A major on the circle of fifths