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C Major Scale Guitar Chords, Chart of Open Position Forms
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C Major Scale Guitar Chords, Chart of Open Position Forms

Guitar Lesson Summary & Chart Explanation

Harmonized C Major Scale

major scale for guitar

Open Position Guitar
Chord Forms in this Chart:

  • C Major Chord (C)
  • D Minor Chord (D- or Dm)
  • E minor Chord(E- or Em)
  • F Major Chord (F)
  • G Dominant Seventh Chord (G7)
  • A minor Chord (A- or Am)
  • B Half-Diminished Chord (BØ or Bmin75)
[Key to Symbols]

C Major Scale

C Major Scale Notes:

C D E F G A B

Major Scale- Scale Degrees:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Major Scale Alternative Names:

Ionian


The Major Scale is sometime called the The Ionian Mode. It is the first mode of Major and the third mode of Minor (Built on the flatted third degree). See:

The Major Scale is seldom used for guitar solos. It has 2 notes that are traditionally considered dissonant: the 4 and the 7.

Remove the 7 and you have the Hexatonic Major Scale. See:



Take away the 4 and the 7 and you have the Pentatonic Major Scale See:



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