C Major Blues Scale — Piano
C Major Blues on piano: notes C, D, Eb, E, G, A — free scale chart, no sign-up. Major pentatonic plus a passing b3 that slides into the major 3rd — a brighter, country- and gospel-leaning cousin of the minor blues scale.
Piano, C3 to C5. Notes in this scale, low to high: C3 (root), D3 (2), Eb3 (flat 3), E3 (3), G3 (5), A3 (6), C4 (root), D4 (2), Eb4 (flat 3), E4 (3), G4 (5), A4 (6), C5 (root).
Notes in the C major blues scale
The C major blues scale contains 6 notes: C, D, Eb, E, G, A. Its scale degrees are R · 2 · b3 · 3 · 5 · 6.
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| R | C |
| 2 | D |
| b3 | Eb |
| 3 | E |
| 5 | G |
| 6 | A |
C major blues on piano
Open this scale in ScaleSpace to see every one of those notes mapped across the keyboard, with the roots marked and each note labelled by name or scale degree. You can hear any note, overlay a second scale to see which notes the two share, and export a printable PDF.