Guitar scale · suspended pentatonic
C Egyptian Pentatonic Scale
Pentatonic scale 1 2 4 5 ♭7, also called the suspended pentatonic. It has no 3rd and no half steps.
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C Egyptian Pentatonic Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|------------------------8-10-| B|-------------------8-11------| G|----------------10-----------| D|-----------8-10--------------| A|------8-10-------------------| E|-8-10------------------------|
e|-------------------------------10-13-| B|-------------------------11-13-------| G|-------------------10-12-------------| D|-------------10-12-------------------| A|-------10-13-------------------------| E|-10-13-------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------13-15-| B|-------------------------13-15-------| G|-------------------12-15-------------| D|-------------12-15-------------------| A|-------13-15-------------------------| E|-13-15-------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------15-18-| B|-------------------------15-18-------| G|-------------------15-17-------------| D|-------------15-17-------------------| A|-------15-17-------------------------| E|-15-18-------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------18-20-| B|-------------------------18-20-------| G|-------------------17-19-------------| D|-------------17-20-------------------| A|-------17-20-------------------------| E|-18-20-------------------------------|
How to play C Egyptian Pentatonic on guitar
Find the root first: C is at fret 8 on the low E string and fret 3 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every C on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (4, 5, ♭7), the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 8–11. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | C |
| 2 | D |
| 4 | F |
| 5 | G |
| ♭7 | Bb |
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Questions
- What notes are in the C Egyptian Pentatonic Scale?
- The C Egyptian Pentatonic Scale has 5 notes: C, D, F, G, Bb.
- What is the formula of the egyptian pentatonic scale?
- 1 2 4 5 ♭7, which is the step pattern W W+H W W+H W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play C Egyptian Pentatonic on the guitar?
- The root C is at fret 8 on the low E string and fret 3 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 8–11, and four more positions connect it up the neck.