A Major
A
chordAt a Glance
- Formula:
- A major
- Notes:
- A, C#, E
Piano
Fretboard
What It Is
Root, major third, perfect fifth - the most consonant, stable triad in Western music. Notes: A, C#, E.
How It Functions
Typically the tonic chord in a major key; sounds resolved and stable.
Appears In These Progressions
- Primary (Cadential) Progression
- as V in D Major
- as IV in E Major
- as I in A Major
- as V in D Minor
- Jazz Turnaround (ii-V-I)
- as V in D Major
- as I in A Major
- as V in D Minor
- Pop Progression (I-V-vi-IV)
- as V in D Major
- as IV in E Major
- as I in A Major
- as V in D Minor
- Pop Progression, Alternate Rotation (vi-IV-I-V)
- as V in D Major
- as IV in E Major
- as I in A Major
- as V in D Minor
- 50s Progression (I-vi-IV-V)
- as V in D Major
- as IV in E Major
- as I in A Major
- as V in D Minor
- 12-Bar Blues
- as V in D Major
- as IV in E Major
- as I in A Major
- as V in D Minor
- Extended Jazz Turnaround
- as V in D Major
- as I in A Major
- as V in D Minor
- Pop Progression, Alternate Rotation (I-IV-vi-V)
- as V in D Major
- as IV in E Major
- as I in A Major
- as V in D Minor
- Authentic Cadence
- as V in D Major
- as I in A Major
- as V in D Minor
- Half Cadence
- as V in D Major
- as IV in E Major
- as I in A Major
- as V in D Minor
- Deceptive Cadence
- as V in D Major
- as V in D Minor
- Harmonic Minor Cadential Progression (i-iv-V)
- as V in D Major
- as V in D Minor
- Andalusian Cadence (i-VII-VI-V)
- as V in D Major
- as VI in C# Minor
- as V in D Minor
- as VII in B Minor
- Authentic Cadence (Minor Key)
- as V in D Major
- as V in D Minor
- Deceptive Cadence (Minor Key)
- as V in D Major
- as VI in C# Minor
- as V in D Minor
- Half Cadence (Minor Key)
- as V in D Major
- as V in D Minor
- Plagal Cadence
- as IV in E Major
- as I in A Major
- Natural Minor Loop (i-VI-III-VII)
- as VI in C# Minor
- as III in F# Minor
- as VII in B Minor
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