C Major Scale on Piano

C Major: C D E F G A B. See every note on the piano keyboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.

Notes

• Notes: C D E F G A B
• Formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
• Steps (W whole, H half): W W H W W W H

Same notes as

• A Minor

Finding it on the keys

• C is the white key just left of the two black keys
• White keys: C D E F G A B
• Black keys: none

About the Major scale

• Bright and settled: the sound most melodies come home to.
• Pop, folk, country, hymns.
• Its relative minor starts on the 6th note and uses the same notes.

Chords in C Major

• I: C
• ii: Dm
• iii: Em
• IV: F
• V: G
• vi: Am
• vii°: B°

Other instruments

• C Major on Guitar
• C Major on Bass
• C Major on Ukulele

More on C Major

• C Major on the circle of fifths
• Chord progressions in C Major