A Major Guitar Scale

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Notes in the A Major Guitar Scale

How to play the A Major guitar scale

The A Major scale is a major scale which means it has the following definition:

R 2 3 4 5 6 7

Which notes are in the A Major guitar scale?

The notes in the A Major scale are:

A B C# D E F# G# A

There are 7 notes in the scale with no flats and 3 sharps.

What are the intervals in the A Major Guitar Scale?

The scale definition for the A Major guitar scale is R 2 3 4 5 6 7 which means that the interval formula for the scale in semitones is:

2 2 1 2 2 2 1

You can also write this as note intervals:

Tone Tone Semitone Tone Tone Tone Semitone

The A Major Guitar Scale on the fretboard

Let's take a look at A Major on the guitar fretboard. Here is the scale across the entire fretboard:

Full guitar fretboard for A Major scale

A Major Guitar Scale Recap

Here is a quick recap of all the information about the A Major covered in this page:

  • The A Major Scale is a major scale.

  • The definition of the A Major scale is: R 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • The notes in the A Major guitar scale are: A B C# D E F# G# A

  • The interval formula for the A Major scale is: 2 2 1 2 2 2 1

  • The note intervals in the A Major scale are: Tone Tone Semitone Tone Tone Tone Semitone

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