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    The A Major Scale

    The A Major scale

    A Major Scale Overview

    A Major Scale Overview
    Keyboard Layout A Major piano scale keyboard layout diagram
    Staff Layout A Major piano scale staff diagram
    Key Signature Three sharps (F, C, G)
    Notes of Scale A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A
    RH Fingering 1 2 3 - 1 2 3 4 - 5
    LH Fingering 5 - 4 3 2 1 - 3 2 1
    Relative Scale F-sharp Minor Scale
    Parallel Scale A Minor Scale

    VIDEO: How to play the A Major scale on the piano

    Visualize the A Major Scale layout on the keyboard

    The layout of this scale is

    A Major piano scale keyboard layout diagram

    Read the A Major Scale on the staff

    This is what this scale looks like on the staff

    A Major piano scale on the staff with fingering
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    Play the A Major Scale with hands alone

    Core positions

    A Major Scale chart: Core Positions for the Right Hand:

    A Major piano scale chart right hand fingering

    A Major Scale chart: Core Positions for the Left Hand:

    A Major piano scale chart left hand fingering

    Play the A Major Scale with hands together

    First sync point

    A Major Scale hands together fingering chart

    Second sync point

    A Major piano scale hands together fingering diagram

    Expand the A Major Scale to more octaves

    Playing this scale in more octaves

    A Major piano scale chart in two octaves on staff with fingering
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    Avoid common mistakes in the A Major Scale

    Common mistakes in this scale are

    Other techniques related to the A Major Piano Scale:

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