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

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 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