Interactive guitar scale
C Major Scale on Guitar
C major contains no sharps or flats, making it the clearest scale for understanding intervals, diatonic chords and the layout of natural notes on guitar.
Fretboard map
C Major Scale on Guitar notes
Root note Scale noteTap a note to hear it
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
e
B
G
D
A
E
How to use this scale
The scale fits progressions built from C, Dm, Em, F, G and Am. Resolve phrases to C and use chord tones to make melodies follow the harmony.
A useful exercise
Name each note aloud while playing one octave, then locate every C on the first twelve frets.
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