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Here are the notes of the A Major scale across the entire fretboard: To learn more about this basic theory, read this lesson on intervals. With some basic music theory, you can easily memorize the notes in all scales without having to look anything up. Hopefully, this short description gives you a glimpse of how useful music theory can be. You’ll also notice that we add one more sharp note to the scale each time.

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Notice the jump in fifths between each scale root note? If you can, you can probably already figure out what the next scale in the series might be (hint: what’s a fifth up from A?). Start with learning the C Major scale (no sharps or flats), then learn the G Major scale (one sharp), then the D Major scale (two sharps), then the A Major scale (three sharps), and so on. That’s the same order I suggest memorizing scales. If we move up a fifth from G, we end up on D. If we start from the C and move up a fifth, we end up on G. If you know the basics of intervals ( learn about intervals in this lesson), you’ll start to see the patterns as we move from C Major to G Major to D Major to A Major. The circle of fifths makes use of patterns to help you move from one scale to the next. You may have heard about the circle of fifths. Once you memorize the D Major scale, all you need to do to change from D Major to A Major is remember to change G to G#. This is why I suggest learning the A Major scale after you learn the D Major scale ( learn the D Major scale in this guide). If you compare the notes in the D Major scale (D E F# G A B C#) and the A Major scale, you’ll notice that the only difference is the note G#. The F# minor scale starts on ‘F#’ (called the root note) and the A Major scale starts on ‘A’, but both scales contain the same seven notes.

The notes in the F# minor scale are: F# G# A B C# D E.Īs you can see, it’s the exact same notes as the A Major scale.

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Find out how to read standard notation in this guide. This is what the key signature for A Major looks like:Įven if you don’t know how to read music, if you see a key signature with two sharp symbols, it means the music is in A Major (or F# minor). The notes in the A Major Scale are: A B C# D E F# G# The A Major scale uses three sharp notes. This means you can use all the diagrams, exercises, and chords covered in this guide for both the A Major scale and the F# minor scale. Once you learn some basic music theory you will understand how two different scales can use the same notes, but for now, all you need to do is remember that both A Major and F# minor scales use the same notes. In the F# minor scale, the root note is ‘F#’. In the A Major scale, the root note is ‘A’. The main difference between the two (to keep things simple) is the root note of each scale. The A Major scale and the F# minor scale both use the exact same notes. This means for every Major scale, there is a minor scale using the same notes. A ‘relative’ scale is one that uses the same notes but is used in different ways. 6.1 Related Guides and Lessons: A Major Scale = F# Minor Scaleįor every Major scale in music, there is what we call a ‘relative’ minor.

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