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How to Play the A Major Scale on Guitar

A Major Scale Overview

A Major Scale Notes & Degrees

A (Tonic) - B (Supertonic) - C# (Mediant) - D (Subdominant) - E (Dominant) - F# (Submediant) - G# (Leading Tone)

Intervals

W-W-H-W-W-W-H, or in semitones, 2-2-1-2-2-2-1

Formula with Chords

I (A) - ii (Bm) - iii (C#m) - IV (D) - V (E) - vi (F#m) - vii° (G#dim)

Famous Songs That Use the A Major Scale

  • 'Sweet Child o' Mine' by Guns N' Roses
  • 'Don't Look Back in Anger' by Oasis
  • 'Thunderstruck' by AC/DC
  • 'Fluorescent Adolescent' by Arctic Monkeys
  • 'What's Up?' by 4 Non Blondes

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