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A major scale

In the illustrations below you will find the A Major scale compared to the scale of A Major Pentatonic. You will notice that the scale of A major consists of 7 notes and the A major Pentatonic scale has only 5. The Pentatonic major scale uses the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th notes of the major scale.

The numbers in each circle below are the recommended fingering for each scale. Work your way from the Low E String to the High E string, this would be ascending. Then work your way back up from the high to the Low E string, called descending.

The notes and chords of A Major:

A, Bm, C#m, D, E, F#m, G# dim

Listen to this scale 
Played from yellow low A to yellow high A
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Listen to this scale
Played from low A to high A
Drum Track

 

Listen without distortion

The fingering pattern above will require some stretching. This pattern should be mastered. Each number in the circle is the suggested fingers to play the scale.

Practice the A major progressions.
Practice the A major pentatonic scale exercises.
Look over other A type of scales, including major and minor in each key.
Good Luck,

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