A Major Guitar Chord
- Notes
- A C♯ E
- Intervals
- 1 3 5
1 open grip, 5 barre shapes and 12 triad shapes on four string sets, drawn exactly as Chord Lab draws them.
A major open and barre shapes
One grip near the nut, using open strings. Five movable barre shapes in order up the neck to the 12th fret, each named after the open CAGED shape it comes from.
Numbers above the strings are fingers; o is an open string and x is not played. The root is the white dot with a heavy red ring and red centre, or a red ring round an open string.
A major triads on every string set
A, C♯ and E as three-note triads: root position, 1st and 2nd inversion on each string set of three neighbouring strings, lowest set first.
Strings 4–6
Strings 3–5
Strings 2–4
Strings 1–3
What A major does in a key
Every key in which A is diatonic, with the scale degree it sits on.
- Major keys
- V in D major; IV in E major; I in A major
- Minor keys
- VI in C♯ minor; III in F♯ minor; VII in B minor; V in D harmonic minor
Harmonic minor keys use the harmonic minor scale, with its raised 7th.
Where A major often goes next
- D major chord V to I in D major
- B major chord IV to V in E major
- E major chord IV to I in E major
- F♯ minor chord VI to iv in C♯ minor
- D♯ diminished chord VI to ii° in C♯ harmonic minor
- D minor chord V to i in D harmonic minor
Chords related to A major
- F♯ minor chord, the relative minor of A
- B minor chord, the ii that leads to A in a ii–V–I
Other chords on A
Major chords in every key
Amaj7 voicings in Chord Lab Pro
Close, shell, Drop 2, Drop 3 and Drop 2+4 voicings of Amaj7 are in Chord Lab Pro.
