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C major

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Also known as key of C

tonality

Key facts

Relative key
A minor
Parallel key
C minor
Dominant key
G major
Subdominant key
F major

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

C major is a major scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. C major is one of the most common keys used in music. Its key signature has no flats or sharps. Its relative minor is A minor and its parallel minor is C minor.

The C major scale is:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “C major” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.