C Major

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In the illustrations below you will find the C Major scale compared to the scale of C Major Pentatonic. You will notice that the scale of C major consists of 7 notes and the C major Pentatonic scale has only 5. The Pentatonic major scale uses the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th notes of the major scale.

The numbers in each circle below are the recommended fingering for each scale. Work your way from the Low E String to the High E string this would be ascending. Then work your way back up from the high to the Low E string, called descending. The scale audio file can be played in all the C major positions illustrated. Make sure you use all the positions to play audio file.

The Notes and Chords of C Major:

C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, B diminished

Listen to this scale 

Played from the Low Blue C to the high Blue C.

Listen to this scale no distortion

Played from Low Blue C to the high Blue C

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The illustration above shows all the notes in the key of C major. Compare each illustration above to this one and locate each note. 

Good luck,

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