A Guitar Chord

How to play A: a major built on A, with 6 voicings, the notes, and the intervals.

Chord Diagrams

X
A common voicing
5
Voicing 2
5XX
Voicing 3
7XX
Voicing 4
9X
Voicing 5
12X
Voicing 6

The first diagram is a common voicing: an open-position shape using 2 open strings, played near the nut. An X above a string means don't play it; an O means play it open.

More Voicings of A

The same chord in other positions on the neck: movable shapes transposed to A. Open any of them in the Diagram Maker below to adjust the fingering.

XX
Open position
12XX
Fret 12

Notes & Intervals in A

NoteAC#E
IntervalR35

A is a major with A as its root. The full theoretical spelling is A, C#, E. This voicing sounds every chord tone.

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