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Steel-string acoustic guitar, seen from above
CHORD GUIDE

A chord on guitar (A major)

The A chord is the notes A, C# and E. The usual shape is an open chord: x 0 2 2 2 0, from the low E string to the high E. The guitar above is set up with A on the A key: tap it or press A to hear it, then strum the strings.

Play it on the guitarSee the fingering
The Acoustic guitar in Guitoro
Press A or tap its pad to hear it
Notes
A C# E
Frets
x 0 2 2 2 0
Shape
Open chord
Type
major

How to play A

Numbers are fingers: 1 index to 4 little

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A
  1. Your index finger on the D string at the 2nd fret.
  2. Your middle finger on the G string at the 2nd fret.
  3. Your ring finger on the B string at the 2nd fret.
  4. Let the A and high E strings ring open.
  5. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string.

A up the neck

The same chord, higher and brighter

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A (up the neck)

Play it as 5 7 7 6 5 5, a barre at the 5th fret. Switch the guitar's chord level from Standard to Up to hear it.

  1. Lay your index finger flat across the low E to the high E string at the 5th fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the A string at the 7th fret.
  3. Your little finger on the D string at the 7th fret.
  4. Your middle finger on the G string at the 6th fret.

Chords that go with A

These share a key with A, so they sound right together, and they're on the pads next to it:

Songs with A

All the chords: guitar chord chart. Songs to practice them: easy guitar songs. Tune up first with the online guitar tuner.