C# Major Scale on Piano & Guitar + Chords in the Key of C# Major
🪢 Here's a crafty
C sharp 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
D♭ major scale
is enharmonic to the C♯ major
scale. It has the same pitches, but uses different notes names:
D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C.
The C♯ major scale is a diatonic scale consisting of the pitches C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯, A♯ and B♯. Its relative minor is A♯ minor.
The key signature for the C♯ major scale has 7 sharps, meaning that all the notes are sharp.
→ go to all major & minor scales
The notes of the C♯ major scale are
C♯,
D♯,
E♯,
F♯,
G♯,
A♯
and
B♯
The relative minor of the C♯ major
scale is
A♯
minor
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♯
G♯
A♯
B♯
B♯
F♯
G♯
left hand
right hand
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.
last chords played
Common chord progressions in the key of C♯ major
Here's list of popular major key chord progressions along with the specific chords they represent in the key of C♯ major. Again, you can use numbers 1 through 7 on your keyboard to trigger the different chords:
Toggle C♯ major scale intervals & scale degrees
degrees | notes | intervals |
---|---|---|
1: Tonic | C♯ | Unison |
2: Supertonic | D♯ | Major 2nd |
3: Mediant | E♯ | Major 3rd |
4: Subdominant | F♯ | Perfect 4th |
5: Dominant | G♯ | Perfect 5th |
6: Submediant | A♯ | Major 6th |
7: Leading Tone | B♯ | Major 7th |
1: Octave/Tonic | C♯ | Perfect 8th |
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 majorD♭ majorD majorE♭ majorE majorF majorF♯ majorG♭ majorG majorA♭ majorA majorB♭ majorB majorC♭ major
C minor C♯ minor D♭ minorD minorD♯ minorE♭ minorE minorF minorF♯ minorG minorG♯ minorA♭ minorA minorA♯ minorB♭ minorB minor
Piano Samples
The piano samples used for this C♯ major scale reference are from “ Salamander Grand Piano V3 ” by Alexander Holm, licensed under CC BY 3.0.
Drum Samples
The drum samples used here are from “ Mailbox Badger : Public Domain Drum Samples : Vol. 2 ”by Mailbox Badger/Patrick Callan, licensed under CC BY 3.0.

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