SCALE REFERENCE

C Harmonic Major

C – D – E – F – G – A♭ – B1 2 3 4 5 b6 7

Major with a flat 6th — a major tonic with a hint of minor-key gravity. The parallel of harmonic minor.

Notes & degrees
C1D2E3F4G5A♭b6B7
NotesC, D, E, F, G, Ab, B
Steps2 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
CDEFGBA♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEFGA♭BCDEBBCDEFGA♭BGGA♭BCDEFGDDEFGA♭BCDABCDEFGA♭EEFGA♭BCDE

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912ABCDEFGA♭EEFGA♭BCDECCDEFGA♭BCGGA♭BCDEFG

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
ICCmaj7
ii°DdimDm7♭5
iiiEmEm7
ivFmFm(maj7)
VGG7
♭VI+A♭augA♭maj7♯5
vii°BdimBdim7

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

ICii°DdimiiiEmivFmVG♭VI+A♭augvii°Bdim
Other scales on C

Core scales & modes

C MajorC Natural MinorC Harmonic MinorC Melodic MinorC DorianC PhrygianC LydianC MixolydianC Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

C Major PentatonicC Minor PentatonicC BluesC Major Blues

Jazz & altered

C Phrygian DominantC Lydian DominantC AlteredC Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

C Whole ToneC Diminished (Whole–Half)C Diminished (Half–Whole)C Augmented Scale

World & exotic

C Hungarian MinorC Double Harmonic MajorC Neapolitan Minor
Harmonic Major on another root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.