C major scale on ukulele

The notes of the C major scale

C D E F G A B

Formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Steps from note to note: 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 semitones (whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half).

C major has no sharps or flats. Its relative minor, with the same notes, is A minor.

In Hz, from C4: C4 261.6 · D4 293.7 · E4 329.6 · F4 349.2 · G4 392.0 · A4 440.0 · B4 493.9.

The C major scale on ukulele

One position, frets 0–4, G string first: G: 0 2 4 (G A B) · C: 0 2 4 (C D E) · E: 0 1 3 (E F G) · A: 0 2 3 (A B C). 0 = open string.

The root C sits at fret 0 on the C string and at fret 8 on the E string. Slide the same shape there for any other root.

The ukulele's home scale

On a ukulele in standard G C E A tuning, C major starts on the open C string: C string 0 2 4 (C D E), E string 0 1 3 (E F G), A string 0 2 3 (A B C). Three strings, the first three frets, an octave. Play it with the thumb or one finger and say the note names.

More scales

C major scale on guitar C major scale on piano C major scale on bass C major scale on trumpet C major pentatonic scale C blues scale C major: scale and chords

How this page works

Hear it plays the scale up and down at 100 BPM on one of four Brumm sounds. Take it gives the same notes as a MIDI file and a WAV. − and + move the root. Every note here is computed from the formula.

Sources

Scales and modes: Open Music Theory, musictheory.net. Piano fingerings: the standard scale-book fingerings (ABRSM scale books; Hanon, The Virtuoso Pianist, part 3). Trumpet valves: the standard B♭ trumpet fingering chart (Yamaha, Bach). Hz: A4 = 440 Hz, ISO 16.

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