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C Major Scale on Guitar in Standard Tuning

The C Major scale consists of the following sounds: C, D, E, F, G, A, B. The intervals present in the scale are: unison, major second, major third, perfect fourth, perfect fifth, major sixth, major seventh. In terms of semitone steps, the scale is built using the following sequence: root, whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step.

C Major scale sounds, intervals and semitone steps sequence
Scale information
Scale sounds C D E F G A B
Scale intervals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Steps R W W H W W W

C Major Scale Harmonization

Diatonic and seventh chords of in the C Major scale
Chords in scale
Diatonic chords
Function nameTonicSupertonicMediantSubdominantDominantSubmediantLeading Tone / Subtonic
Diatonic sounds
C
E
G
D
F
A
E
G
B
F
A
C
G
B
D
A
C
E
B
D
F
Diatonic intervals
1
3
5
1
♭3
5
1
♭3
5
1
3
5
1
3
5
1
♭3
5
1
♭3
♭5
Chord extension
7th chords in scale
7th chords
7th sound
B
C
D
E
F
G
A
7th interval
7
♭7
♭7
7
♭7
♭7
♭7

Related Scales

C Major Scale in Alternative Tunings

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