Also written C♯ Major — the same pitches spelled the other way.
The reference scale of Western music — bright, resolved, and the yardstick every other scale is described against.
| Notes | Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, C |
|---|---|
| Steps | W – W – H – W – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half) |
| Also called | Ionian |
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.
| Degree | Triad | 7th chord |
|---|---|---|
| I | D♭ | D♭maj7 |
| ii | E♭m | E♭m7 |
| iii | Fm | Fm7 |
| IV | G♭ | G♭maj7 |
| V | A♭ | A♭7 |
| vi | B♭m | B♭m7 |
| vii° | Cdim | Cm7♭5 |
These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:
D♭ – A♭ – B♭m – G♭
D♭ – G♭ – A♭
E♭m – A♭ – D♭
B♭m – G♭ – D♭ – A♭
Hear these and thousands of real songs that use them in the Song Chords Database and the progressions reference.
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.