A Major Guitar Chord

The fundamental chord with a bright, happy and stable sound. Forms the basis of most popular, rock, folk and classical music. Consists of three notes: the root, major third and perfect fifth.

Guitar

Strings X–0–2–2–2–0

How to play the A Major chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–2–2–2–0 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Do not play

5th string (A) Play open

4th string (D) Fret 2 · index finger

3rd string (G) Fret 2 · middle finger

2nd string (B) Fret 2 · ring finger

1st string (high E) Play open