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A Major Scale

The A major scale is a guitarist's best friend, with three sharps and excellent open-string resonance. Its confident, bright sound is central to rock, country, and blues music.

Also known as

  • A Ionian

Formula

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Notes

ABC#DEF#G#

Diatonic Chords

These chords are built from the notes of the A Major scale. Each degree gets a chord based on the intervals stacked above it.

I A Major
ii B Minor
iii C# Minor
IV D Major
V E Major
vi F# Minor
vii° G# dim
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Related Scales

Other A Scales

MinorHarmonic MinorMelodic MinorMajor PentatonicMinor PentatonicMinor BluesMajor BluesDorianPhrygianLydianMixolydianLocrianHarmonic Major

Other Major Scales

CDbDEbEFF#GAbBbB