SCALE REFERENCE

C Major Pentatonic

C – D – E – G – A1 2 3 5 6

The major scale with the two notes that can clash (4 and 7) removed — five notes that sound right over almost any major-key chord.

Notes & degrees

C1D2E3G5A6

Notes	C, D, E, G, A
Steps	2 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 (semitones)

Piano

Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)

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

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

Other scales on C

Core scales & modes

C Major C Natural Minor C Harmonic Minor C Melodic Minor C Dorian C Phrygian C Lydian C Mixolydian C Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

C Minor Pentatonic C Blues C Major Blues

Jazz & altered

C Harmonic Major C Phrygian Dominant C Lydian Dominant C Altered C Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

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

World & exotic

C Hungarian Minor C Double Harmonic Major C Neapolitan Minor

Major Pentatonic on another root

C C♯D♭D E♭E F F♯G♭G A♭G♯A B♭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.