Cb Major Scale on Piano & Guitar + Chords in the Key of Cb Major

🤔 Here's a thoughtful C flat major scale reference which shows the notes, finger position on the piano keyboard, intervals, scale degrees, diatonic chords and common chord progressions in C♭ major.

🎸 You'll also find the C♭ major scale on the guitar fretboard.

ⓘ The B major scale is enharmonic to the C_♭ major scale. It has the same pitches, but uses different notes names: B C^♯ D^♯ E F^♯ G^♯ A^♯.

→ go to all major & minor scales

C♭ major scale piano layout & finger position

Here's a piano keyboard showing the notes of the C♭ major scale, followed by a visual for the finger position on the piano. Hit play to hear the notes of the C♭ major scale up and down:

• C_♭
• D_♭
• E_♭
• F_♭
• G_♭
• A_♭
• B_♭
• C_♭

C♭ Major Scale on Guitar

🎸 Here you'll find a guitar fretboard representation with the notes of the C_♭ major scale , using standard guitar tuning: E A D G B E. You can show all notes, only the root notes, the intervals or the scale degrees:

You can also highlight specific scale positions on the guitar fretboard for the C♭ major scale, using the CAGED system or the Three Notes Per String system (TNPS):

Chords in the key of C♭ major
(C♭ major diatonic chords)

The diatonic chords in the key of C♭ major are: C_♭ major, D_♭ minor, E_♭ minor, F_♭ major, G_♭ major, A_♭ minor and B_♭ diminished

Tap or use numbers 1 through 7 to trigger the chords. You can also tap to trigger the chord inversions or the 7th chords. This tool can be used as a chord progression generator.

Major scale formula

🔧 The major scales are constructed using this note pattern:

• W-W-H-W-W-W-H

W = Whole step   H = Half step

go to a different major or minor scale:

C majorC^♯ majorD_♭ majorD majorE_♭ majorE majorF majorF^♯ majorG_♭ majorG majorA_♭ majorA majorB_♭ majorB major

C minor C^♯ minor D_♭ minorD minorD^♯ minorE_♭ minorE minorF minorF^♯ minorG minorG^♯ minorA_♭ minorA minorA^♯ minorB_♭ minorB minor