piano scale
C♯ major pentatonic
C♯1D♯2E♯3G♯5A♯6
The major scale without its two half steps. Five notes, and no pair of them a half step apart.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are D♭ major pentatonic.
Written out
Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.
The step pattern
C♯WD♯WE♯W+HG♯WA♯W+HC♯
What is true of it
C♯ major pentatonic is C♯, D♯, E♯, G♯ and A♯, and back to C♯.
Its steps are W – W – W+H – W – W+H, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on C♯
C♯ minor pentatonicpentatonicC♯ bluespentatonicC♯ major bluespentatonicC♯ majormajorC♯ natural minorminorC♯ harmonic minorminor
C maj pentD maj pentD♯ maj pentE♭ maj pentE maj pentF maj pentF♯ maj pentG♭ maj pentall 374