Playing the A major Scale in piano requires the player to keep in mind the notes of the scale and the Fingerings of the scale. These aspects of the scale should be mastered through practice. In order to understand the piano keys, or while playing Guitar, scales help you learn smoothly. Learning the fingerings with the major scales and its chords is a great start for learners.

Notes of A Major Scale

There are three perfect notes in the octave of the A major scale. There is a tonic A, then a major B, and a major note of C#. At the fourth position resides a perfect 4th D note. A perfect 5th note is E and a major 6th note happens to be F#. The last two notes in the A major scale are G# and Perfect 8th A note. 

Knowing the names of the perfect notes in A major scale is imperative to play them like a professional. It is the first step in learning Music Theory with Piano. An adroit style of playing the A major scale Piano, must follow the conventional and trusted patterns of fingerings. The fingers are named using numbers usually. In this special kind of nomenclature, the thumb means 1, the index means 2, the middle finger is 3 and the ring finger is 4. The little finger is 5 in the formula. 

A major Scale Piano

So, for playing A major scale on a piano, follow the pattern 54321321 for the left hand. The pattern is 12312345 for the right hand.

• With the left hand, use the pinky to play A
• Use ring finger to play B
• Use the middle finger to play C# 
• The index finger should play D
• The thumb must press the E key
• Again, the middle finger should play F#
• Ring finger should be on G#
• Lastly, the thumb plays the A note.

For the right hand;

• Thumb index and middle finger are used to play the notes A, B, and C# respectively
• The same their fingers play the next three notes as D, E, and F#
• The ring finger and the pinky only play the G# and the last note of Higher A.

The A Major Scale Degrees 

The degrees of the different notes of the A major scale are the same as the convention so that the respective notes lie on the same degree as on any other major scale. 

• The first one is always the Tonic, here we can  call it the Tonic A
• The B note being at the second position is a semitone higher than A making it superior to the Tonic A. It is called the Supertonic B.
• The C# is the mediant of this major scale. 
• D is the subdominant of the scale being in the fourth position and a semitone below the dominant.
• The dominant note of A major scale is E
• The note one semitone below is called the F# submediant.
• G# being the second last note of the octave is called the Leading note. 
• The last note is the A note of a higher octave.

Whole steps and Half Steps in A Major Scale

Allying to all other major scales, the A major scale also follows the major scale formula which has the Half steps and Whole steps arranged as the rule WWHWWWH. This means the first two are whole steps where a half-step is skipped or one semitone is skipped to reach the next step. In the case of the Half steps, it does not skip any semitone or any key for reaching the next key. The keys are adjacent. All of this means the following in playing A major scale in Piano:

• After the first note A, The second note B is played after skipping one key, or by making one whole step.
• After B, C# comes after a whole step, by skipping a half step.
• D is just the consequent, no need to skip a key. 
• E comes again after skipping a half step (a key) or making a whole step.
• The F# note comes after a whole step after E
• G# is played by skipping a key in between, by making a whole step.
• The Last key A also comes after we skip a key or a half step. 

Emotional Tone of A Major Scale

Every scale reflects a certain type of mindset. As they say, the octaves on a scale have a personality. The A major scale Guitar or A major scale piano notes reflect a positive premonition that will harmonize with positive moods. This clearly means that music composers use the A major scale notes to knit beautiful, cheerful, or celebrating tunes. A major scale guitar tune has a reputation for inducing happiness on the listener.