Pentatonic scales
C Major Pentatonic
Can't-go-wrong bright. Folk, country, gospel - the major scale with the friction removed.
Notes
How to get there
Major scale minus the 4 and 7 (the two notes that create tension).
On your instrument
Tap any note to hear it. ● root ● scale note
Guitar - Standard (EADGBE)
Chords in this scale
This scale skips too many steps to stack tidy thirds - treat any of its notes as colours over the drone instead of building chords.