C# major scale for guitar
Fretboard fingerings, formula, and notes of the C# major scale (1 2 3 4 5 6 7) on guitar: C# · D# · F · F# · G# · A# · C.
Instrument
Scale
Root
Position
Frets15
1224
Chord
C# Major
1234567
E
B
G
D
A
E
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Legend
1
C#
· Root
2
D#
· Tension
3
F
· Third
4
F#
· Tension
5
G#
· Fifth
6
A#
· Tension
7
C
· Seventh
Scale sheet
C# MajorFormula (degrees)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Notes in key
C# D# F F# G# A# C
Typical use
Over major and maj7 chords.
Major
The major scale (Ionian) is the reference scale of Western music, built on the whole-whole-half-whole-whole-whole-half interval pattern. It sounds bright and stable, and is the foundation for major and maj7 chords.
Notes of the C# major scale: C# · D# · F · F# · G# · A# · C.