Six String Guitar · Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3

AMA Major

F♯Root
A♯tone
C♯tone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯

How to play it

AM fingering positions

Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

A Major guitar chord — E-shape, 2nd (2 4 4 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major guitar chord — D-shape, 4th (x x 4 6 7 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major guitar chord — C-shape, 6th (x 9 8 6 7 6) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major guitar chord — A-shape, 9th (x 9 11 11 11 9) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major guitar chord — G-shape, 11th (14 13 11 11 11 14) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major guitar chord — E-shape, 14th (14 16 16 15 14 14) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major guitar chord — D-shape, 16th (x x 16 18 19 18) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major guitar chord — Open (2 1 x x 2 x) fretboard diagram in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
Read it as tab

AM guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

A Major guitar tab — E-shape, 2nd (2 4 4 3 2 2) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major guitar tab — D-shape, 4th (x x 4 6 7 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major guitar tab — C-shape, 6th (x 9 8 6 7 6) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major guitar tab — A-shape, 9th (x 9 11 11 11 9) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major guitar tab — G-shape, 11th (14 13 11 11 11 14) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major guitar tab — E-shape, 14th (14 16 16 15 14 14) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major guitar tab — D-shape, 16th (x x 16 18 19 18) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
A Major guitar tab — Open (2 1 x x 2 x) in Standard Tuning (EADGBE) · Capo 3
Sound

How AM sounds

Consonance
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Brightness
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Character

Moods & genres

Moods
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Genres
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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3
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