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Piano scale
C Major Scale
The bright, happy foundation of Western music — the do-re-mi scale.
On the keyboard
Green marks the root. Switch to Fingering for the standard right- and left-hand numbers — 1 is always the thumb.
The notes
C1
D2
E3
F4
G5
A6
B7
The chords inside it
Stack every other note of the scale and these seven chords fall out. Nobody chose them — they are a consequence of the spacing. Tap one to hear it.