About the C Major Pentatonic scale
C Major Pentatonic is the five-note major scale, open and singable with no notes that clash. It's used for folk, country, pop, gospel and countless melodies and solos.
Learn morePositions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
Pentatonic boxes
The five shapes blues and rock are built on, the first scale most guitarists ever solo with, one box per note up the neck.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | C | Root |
| 2 | D | Major 2nd |
| 3 | E | Major 3rd |
| 4 | G | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | A | Major 6th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Major Pentatonic in other keys
D flat Major Pentatonic D Major Pentatonic E flat Major Pentatonic E Major Pentatonic F Major Pentatonic G flat Major Pentatonic G Major Pentatonic A flat Major Pentatonic A Major Pentatonic B flat Major Pentatonic B Major Pentatonic
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
