About the C Major Blues scale
C Major Blues is the major pentatonic with a blue note added, bright but soulful. It's used for blues, country, gospel and rock and roll.
Learn morePositions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
6-position system
6 four-fret boxes, one per scale degree, each a single hand position with almost no shifting. The jazz and classical way, from William Leavitt's Berklee method.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | C | Root |
| 2 | D | Major 2nd |
| 3 | E flat | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | E | Major 3rd |
| 5 | G | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | A | Major 6th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Major Blues in other keys
D flat Major Blues D Major Blues E flat Major Blues E Major Blues F Major Blues G flat Major Blues G Major Blues A flat Major Blues A Major Blues B flat Major Blues B Major Blues
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
