C Major

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 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 5^th and 6^th 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 and C

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 Drum Track

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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