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guitar_neck 2 2 5 5 6 6 2 2 3 3 4 4 6 6 7 7 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 R R 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 R R 2 2 4 4 5 5 7 7 R R 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 R R 3 3 4 4 6 6 2 2 4 4 5 5 7 7 R R 2 2 5 5 7 7 R R 3 3 4 4 6 6 2 2 3 3 4 4 6 6 7 7 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 R R 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 R R 2 2 4 4 5 5 7 7 R R 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 4 4

Practice backingtrack for C Major

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Intervals of the C Major scale


         interval name             note
R Perfect unison C
2 Major second D
3 Major third E
4 Perfect fourth F
5 Perfect fifth G
6 Major sixth A
7 Major seventh B

Good to Know

The C major in musical notation

The Major scale is also known as the the Ionian mode or first diatonic mode. It is one of the most common scales in popular music and often used in rock, country and pop music. Its triade is a Major triade, and it seventh chord is a Major7th (other extensions are 9, 11, 13)

Circle of Fifths

The circle of fifths is a great way to organise and memorize the major and minor scales. All major scales in the middel ring have their relative minor scale in the inner most ring and they share the exact same notes!

So, this C Major scale has the same notes as the A Minor scale and while their notes are identical, their relative intervals are not.
Also the scale to the right, the G Major scale and the scale to the left, the F Major scale, are very similar to the C Major scale in the fact that only one note is different to the C Major scale. A concept that can be usefull to modulate your song to an other key center.

A f E c C♭ B a♭   g G F e d D C b a A f E c B g F d C a G e D b

Alternative names

  • C Ionian mode
  • the first mode of the diatonic scale