A major scale
Eight notes up and back down, the thumb tucking under so one hand plays the whole octave.
How to play it
The numbers are your fingers: 1 is the thumb, 5 the little finger.
Right hand
Start on A with finger 1. Going up the fingers are 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. Your thumb tucks under after finger 3. Come back down the same way.
Left hand
An octave lower, start on A with finger 5. Going up the fingers are 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1. After your thumb, finger 3 crosses over. Come back down the same way.
Both hands
Play both hands together, an octave apart. The hands change position at different notes, so go slowly and watch the finger numbers.
Songs in A major
- Here You Come AgainDolly Parton
- Crazy TrainOzzy Osbourne
- Video GamesLana Del Rey
- Just Like HeavenThe Cure
- Stereo HeartsGym Class Heroes
- Brass In PocketThe Pretenders
- Fake Plastic TreesRadiohead
- Someone Like YouAdele
- I Will Always Love YouDolly Parton
- Twinkle, Twinkle Little StarTraditional
- I Want It That WayBackstreet Boys
- Slow RideFoghat
- Wicked GameChris Isaak
- Tom's DinerSuzanne Vega
- Off To MassachusettsMindi Dickstein
- Tennessee WhiskeyChris Stapleton
- I've Been This Way BeforeNeil Diamond
- Happy XmasJohn Lennon
- Edge Of DesireJohn Mayer
- I LivedOneRepublic
- Somewhere Only We KnowKeane
- Put Your Records OnCorinne Bailey Rae
- HeavyLinkin Park
- Spanish DanceCarolyn Miller
Questions
What notes are in the A major scale?
A, B, C♯, D, E, F♯ and G♯, then A again an octave up.
What is the fingering for the A major scale?
Right hand going up: 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. Left hand going up: 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1. Coming down, the fingers go the other way.
Which songs are in A major?
Here You Come Again by Dolly Parton, Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne and Video Games by Lana Del Rey are among the songs here in A major.