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How to Play the A Major Chord on Guitar

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A Major Chord Overview

Notes

A-C#-E

Interval Build & Degrees

I-III-V (Root, Major Third, and Perfect Fifth)

Tab

X-0-2-2-2-0 (A-E-A-C#-E-A)

A Major Step by Step Instructions

Here is how you play A Major:

1. Place index finger on 2nd fret of D string.
2. Middle finger on 2nd fret of G string.
3. Ring finger on 2nd fret of B string.
4. Strum from the A string.

Common A Major Voicings on Guitar

A Major Barre Chord (6th string root)

5-7-7-6-5-5

A Major using 5th string root

X-0-2-2-2-X

A Major using 4th string root

X-X-7-6-5-X

A Major First Inversion

X-X-X-6-5-5 (C# as root)

A Major Second Inversion

X-X-X-9-10-9 (E as a root)

Famous Songs That Use the A Major Chord

  • 'Wonderwall' by Oasis
  • 'Someone Like You' by Adele
  • 'I Want it that Way' by Backstreet Boys
  • 'Toto' by Africa
  • 'Bastille' by Pompeii

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