C Harmonic majorScale
Formula
C Harmonic major on the chromatic circle
C Harmonic major is the 1st mode of the Harmonic major family. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
C Harmonic major across the fretboard
Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.
Chords in C Harmonic major
Stack every other note of the scale from each degree and you get its chords. Open any of them in the chord library.
Where C Harmonic major fits
Major with a ♭6: over a major chord moving to its minor iv. Heard in film music and jazz.
C Harmonic major is mode 1 of the harmonic major family. The same notes played from each of its other degrees give the family's other modes:
- C Harmonic major
- D Dorian ♭5
- E Phrygian ♭4
- F Lydian ♭3
- G Mixolydian ♭2
- A♭ Lydian augmented ♯2
- B Locrian 𝄫7
Move one note by a half step and you get a different scale:
Harmonic major scale in every key
C Harmonic major scale questions
What notes are in the C Harmonic major scale?
C D E F G A♭ B. As degrees from the root: 1 2 3 4 5 ♭6 7.
What is the C Harmonic major scale formula?
1 2 3 4 5 ♭6 7, or in steps between the notes, W W H W H 1½ H (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).
How do you play the C Harmonic major scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of C Harmonic major up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the C shape to the A shape to the G shape to the E shape to the D shape.
What chords are in the C Harmonic major scale?
Cmaj7 (I), Dm7♭5 (ii°), Em7 (iii), Fm(maj7) (iv), G7 (V), A♭maj7♯5 (♭VI+), B°7 (vii°).
When is the C Harmonic major scale used?
Major with a ♭6: over a major chord moving to its minor iv. Heard in film music and jazz.