Major Triad · GUITAR FRETBOARD
C♯ Major Triad on the guitar fretboard
All 34 positions of the C♯ Major Triad (R 4 7) on a standard-tuned guitar with 22 frets.
Notes and intervals
The C♯ Major Triad is built from these tones — each shown with its interval (in semitones) above the root:
- C♯ · R
- F · 4
- G♯ · 7
All positions on the neck
- 1st (high E) string · fret 1 · 4
- 1st (high E) string · fret 4 · 7
- 1st (high E) string · fret 9 · R
- 1st (high E) string · fret 13 · 4
- 1st (high E) string · fret 16 · 7
- 1st (high E) string · fret 21 · R
- 2nd (B) string · fret 2 · R
- 2nd (B) string · fret 6 · 4
- 2nd (B) string · fret 9 · 7
- 2nd (B) string · fret 14 · R
- 2nd (B) string · fret 18 · 4
- 2nd (B) string · fret 21 · 7
- 3rd (G) string · fret 1 · 7
- 3rd (G) string · fret 6 · R
- 3rd (G) string · fret 10 · 4
- 3rd (G) string · fret 13 · 7
- 3rd (G) string · fret 18 · R
- 3rd (G) string · fret 22 · 4
- 4th (D) string · fret 3 · 4
- 4th (D) string · fret 6 · 7
- 4th (D) string · fret 11 · R
- 4th (D) string · fret 15 · 4
- 4th (D) string · fret 18 · 7
- 5th (A) string · fret 4 · R
- 5th (A) string · fret 8 · 4
- 5th (A) string · fret 11 · 7
- 5th (A) string · fret 16 · R
- 5th (A) string · fret 20 · 4
- 6th (low E) string · fret 1 · 4
- 6th (low E) string · fret 4 · 7
- 6th (low E) string · fret 9 · R
- 6th (low E) string · fret 13 · 4
- 6th (low E) string · fret 16 · 7
- 6th (low E) string · fret 21 · R
About the Major Triad
A major triad is the harmonic core of major-key music: the root, a major third (4 semitones) and a perfect fifth (7). These three tones of C♯ major repeat all over the neck — learning the shapes lets you find C♯ anywhere and build CAGED chord voicings.
Practice tips
Anchor every shape to its root — the gold R markers — and learn the distance to the other tones. The same shape transposes to any root by sliding it along the neck.
Open the interactive trainer and tap every C♯ Major Triad tone across all six strings until the shape is automatic.