Guide to Play C major Scale on Guitar

Play C Major Scale on Guitar

Start by playing the note on the 1st fret of the B string (named C, the root note). According to the formula, the 3rd fret (named D) would be a tone apart or two frets higher,

We can continue following the formula to play the third note, which is also a tone apart, on the 5th fret (named E). The subsequent note would only be a semitone away from the previous note. Hence, we need to play the note on the 6th fret (named F).

The next three C major scale chord notes are a tone apart i.e. on the 8th, 10th and 12th frets respectively (named G, A and B). The last note or the eighth note of the scale is a semitone away from the 12th fret. So, we need to play the 13th fret (also named C) to complete the scales of c major. The image below shows what it looks like on the fret-board if we start from the 1st fret of the 2nd string (the root note) and continue all the way to the 13th fret.

To makes things easier the C major scale comes up with different scale position to play with, such as;

Open Position
Second Position
Fourth Position etc

You can learn this scale in detail here https://musicmaster.in/blog/learn-to-play-c-major-scale-guitar/