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C major scale

The do-re-mi scale: bright and stable. Melodies and chords of a major-key song all come from these seven notes.

  1. C1
  2. D2
  3. E3
  4. F4
  5. G5
  6. A6
  7. B7

Whole fretboard (frets 0–12)

EADGBEEFGABCDEABCDEFGADEFGABCDGABCDEFGBCDEFGABEFGABCDE123456789101112
Orange dots are the root C. From fret 12 the pattern repeats an octave higher.

First position (frets 7–12)

EADGBEBCDEEFGAABCDDEFGGABBCDE789101112
Box shape starting from C on the low E string (fret 8). Enough to start soloing.

Bass fretboard

EADGEFGABCDEABCDEFGADEFGABCDGABCDEFG123456789101112
4-string bass (E A D G)

Piano keys

CDEFGABC
From C up to the next C

Chords that fit

Same notes: A natural minor scale. Only the home note changes.

Other scales on C: C natural minor scale · C major pentatonic · C minor pentatonic · C blues scale

Pick another root in the scale list, or see every chord in the guitar chord chart.