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CEG
DFA
EGB (edit: might as well have them in the right order, eh?)
... etc I'll let you do the rest, you just pick every other note
When you add an extra note to those stacks of 3 you get "seventh" chords. Again you pick one miss one pick one miss one etc:
CEGB
DFAC
EGBD
Next, classify the triads you get, your ears will tell you which are major and which are minor. The last one is called diminished, it's the odd one out.
You should get major triads on scale notes C F G, minor triads on D E A.
Next you need to not get confused over the nomenclature. You can have "major seventh intervals" and "major seventh chords". The "interval" is just the pitch difference between a pair of notes, it uses inclusive counting, and is always referenced to the form of the major scale. EG a major Third is like from C to E - 3 note names, two whole tones, 4 frets up the same string. a Minor Third is like from E to G, one tone plus one semitone, 3 frets up the same string.
The seventh chords you get from harmonising C major are the triads (R 3 5) plus an extra note, the 7. The 7th note of the C maj scale is B, it's a maj 7th interval away from the C below it (ie just 1 semitone short of a complete octave (11 frets not 12). When you add the 7th note to each of the other triads, you will notice that it is 2 frets short of a complete octave (eg D ... C). When you lop off a semitone from a major interval it becomes minor. You will notice that you get minor 7th chords on the D,E A notes (ie scale notes 2,3,6). On the 5th degree (this note within the scale is known as its dominant - there are names for other scale degrees also), you had a maj triad, and you get a minor 7th on top. That's G7 (not G maj7, G-7, just G7).
Work it out on paper, you should get maj7 chords on C & F (scale degrees 1&4) , minor 7ths as previously noted, the dominant 7th on scale degree 5, and the half-diminished chord (aka minor seventh flat 5) on the 7th degree.
That's the whistle-stop tour. Feel free to ask questions if you get stuck. There's quite a few people here who are good with scale harmony. And have fun
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