Guitar scale
C# Major Pentatonic Guitar Scale
C# Major Pentatonic is a five-note scale built from C#, D#, F, G#, and A#. Use it to study the scale's notes, interval formula, and guitar fretboard positions.
- Notes
- C#D#FG#A#
- Formula
- 1 2 3 5 6
- Semitones
- 0 2 4 7 9
How to read this scale
The notes are shown as pitch classes first. Square markers represent C# root notes in the fretboard view, while circular markers represent the other notes in the scale.
Use the interactive fretboard to locate the C# root notes and connect the remaining major pentatonic tones across standard tuning.
Fretboard diagram
Open this scale in the fretboard tool
Start with C# Major Pentatonic loaded, then adjust tuning, labels, colors, fret count, and orientation.
Open in interactive fretboardCommon chords and contexts
- Use C# major pentatonic over C# major chords, country phrases, pop melodies, and major blues ideas.
- It keeps the strongest major-scale tones while leaving out the 4 and 7.