A Major Scale on Piano & Guitar + Chords in the Key of A Major
🎩 Here's a magical
A major
scale
reference which shows the notes, finger position on the piano keyboard,
intervals, scale degrees,
diatonic chords and
common chord progressions in
A major.
🎸 You'll also find the
A major scale on the guitar fretboard.
The A major scale is a diatonic scale consisting of the pitches A, B, C♯, D, E, F♯ and G♯. Its relative minor is F♯ minor.
The A major scale has a key signature of 3 sharps: F♯, C♯ and G♯.
The key of A major is closely related to the key of D major and the key of E major.
→ go to all major & minor scales
The notes of the A major scale are
A,
B,
C♯,
D,
E,
F♯
and
G♯
The relative minor of the A major
scale is
F♯
minor
A major scale piano layout & finger position
Here's a piano keyboard showing the notes of the A major scale, followed by a visual for the finger position on the piano. Hit play to hear the notes of the A major scale up and down:
- A
- B
- C♯
- D
- E
- F♯
- G♯
- A
F♯
G♯
A
D
E
F♯
left hand
right hand
A Major Scale on Guitar
🎸 Here you'll find a guitar fretboard representation with the notes of the A major scale , using standard guitar tuning: E A D G B E. You can show all notes, only the root notes, the intervals or the scale degrees:
You can also highlight specific scale positions on the guitar fretboard for the A major scale, using the CAGED system or the Three Notes Per String system (TNPS):
Chords in the key of A major
(A major diatonic
chords)
The diatonic chords in the key of A major are: A major, B minor, C♯ minor, D major, E major, F♯ minor and G♯ diminished
Tap or use numbers 1 through 7 to trigger the chords. You can also tap to trigger the chord inversions or the 7th chords. This tool can be used as a chord progression generator.
last chords played
Common chord progressions in the key of A major
Here's list of popular major key chord progressions along with the specific chords they represent in the key of A major. Again, you can use numbers 1 through 7 on your keyboard to trigger the different chords:
Toggle A major scale intervals & scale degrees
| degrees | notes | intervals |
|---|---|---|
| 1: Tonic | A | Unison |
| 2: Supertonic | B | Major 2nd |
| 3: Mediant | C♯ | Major 3rd |
| 4: Subdominant | D | Perfect 4th |
| 5: Dominant | E | Perfect 5th |
| 6: Submediant | F♯ | Major 6th |
| 7: Leading Tone | G♯ | Major 7th |
| 1: Octave/Tonic | A | Perfect 8th |
Popular Songs in the Key of A Major
- Numb by Linkin Park
- Dancing Queen by ABBA
- Wonderwall by Oasis
- Alive by Pearl Jam
- Africa by Toto
- Just a Girl by No Doubt
- Just Like a Pill by Pink
- Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith
- Take On Me by A-ha
Major scale formula
🔧 The major scales are constructed using this note pattern:
- W-W-H-W-W-W-H
W = Whole step H = Half step
go to a different major or minor scale:
C majorC♯ majorD♭ majorD majorE♭ majorE majorF majorF♯ majorG♭ majorG majorA♭ majorB♭ majorB majorC♭ major
C minor C♯ minor D♭ minorD minorD♯ minorE♭ minorE minorF minorF♯ minorG minorG♯ minorA♭ minorA minorA♯ minorB♭ minorB minor
