Learn How to Play the A Major Chord

Basic Beginner Lesson -- A Major Guitar Chord

Learn how to play the easy basic beginner guitar chord A Major with this free tutorial.

This chord does give some guitarists a bit of trouble, because all three fingers have to fit on the second fret on the second, third and fourth strings. This can be particularly difficult for those of us with large fingers.

Below are three different versions of the A Major Chord . Learn all three versions to see which version is most comfortable for you.  See the chord charts below to learn how to play this chord.

Make certain you are only strumming the first five strings as indicated in the diagram below. The Low E string is not played.  Some guitarists will hang their thumb over the top of the neck of the guitar and mute the sixth string.

A Major Chord Notes: A  C# E

Everything on the above chart should be self explanatory, except for the last three in the third column. They may need a bit of explaining. The O, or open symbol, simply means that you do not press down on any notes on that string. The X means you do not strum that particular string. The Barre symbol means you need to barre that particular fret. When you barre a fret you are pressing down on multiple strings at the same time with one finger.

A Major Chord Video

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