Guitar key guide
A Major Guitar Key
A major is a strong guitar key for rock, blues, country and pop. Its I IV V chords A, D and E are all powerful open shapes.
Seven notes
Notes in A major
Diatonic harmony
Chords that belong to the key
How the key behaves
Use E or E7 to return to A. F# minor is the relative minor and works naturally as the vi chord in pop progressions.
Turn theory into playing
Strum the tonic chord until it feels settled, move through the diatonic chords, then return home. After that, open the matching Jamuzo groove and target chord tones while the harmony changes.
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