Arpeggio

A Major Arpeggio

The A major arpeggio — A C# E — mapped across the whole guitar neck, with every key it belongs to.

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Swipe the neck sideways to see the higher frets.

The A major arpeggio is the A major chord played one note at a time — A, C#, E, which are the 1, 3, 5 of the A major scale. Those same three notes are the I of A major and the VI of C# minor — one shape, every key listed above.

Notes
A   C#   E
Intervals
1   3   5
As a 7th
A   C#   E   G#   (Amaj7)
Diatonic to
C# minor (VI)   D major (V)   E major (IV)   F# minor (III)   A major (I)   B minor (VII)
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