Scale Library
Explore core guitar scales, inspect their interval formulas, and map them across the fretboard. A useful reference alongside your Lead & Scales sessions.
Selected scale
A Major
The foundational major scale for key signatures, harmony, and melodic playing.
Notes
A · B · C# · D · E · F# · G#
Interval Formula
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7
Common Use
Works over major-key harmony and is the parent scale for the church modes.
Fretboard Map
Position 1 · frets 4–8
●Root
●Scale tone
Index finger at fret 4 · 2–3 notes per string
4
5
6
7
8
E
G#
A
–
B
–
B
–
E
–
F#
–
G
B
–
C#
D
–
D
F#
–
G#
A
–
A
C#
D
–
E
–
E
G#
A
–
B
–
Related chords
A majorB minorC# minorD majorE majorF# minorG# diminished
Related scales
No other scales in this family.
Practice