Chords 08: A major

After the difficulties of E major, we get a little relaxation and learn A major. If we had arranged these chords strictly by difficulty, A major really should have come before E major, but never mind – this is the order we ended up with . Anyone who can already fret F major and A minor will have an easy time with A major, which in numerical notation is 2100.

All we need to do is fret the fourth string at the second fret and the third string at the first fret, leaving the first and second strings open. The beautiful A-major chord immediately rings out: