Scale Library
Explore core guitar scales, inspect their interval formulas, and map them across the fretboard.
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C Major
The foundational major scale for key signatures, harmony, and melodic playing.
Notes
C · D · E · F · G · A · B
Interval Formula
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7
Common Use
Works over major-key harmony and is the parent scale for the church modes.
Fretboard Map
Position 1 · frets 7–11
●Root
●Scale tone
Index finger at fret 7 · 2–3 notes per string
7
8
9
10
11
E
B
C
–
D
–
B
–
G
–
A
–
G
D
–
E
F
–
D
A
–
B
C
–
A
E
F
–
G
–
E
B
C
–
D
–
Related chords
C majorD minorE minorF majorG majorA minorB diminished
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