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|------------------------9-11-| B|-------------------9-12------| G|----------------11-----------| D|-----------9-11--------------| A|------9-11-------------------| E|-9-11------------------------|
e|-------------------------------11-14-| B|-------------------------12-14-------| G|-------------------11-13-------------| D|-------------11-13-------------------| A|-------11-14-------------------------| E|-11-14-------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------14-16-| B|-------------------------14-16-------| G|-------------------13-16-------------| D|-------------13-16-------------------| A|-------14-16-------------------------| E|-14-16-------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------16-19-| B|-------------------------16-19-------| G|-------------------16-18-------------| D|-------------16-18-------------------| A|-------16-18-------------------------| E|-16-19-------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------19-21-| B|-------------------------19-21-------| G|-------------------18-20-------------| D|-------------18-21-------------------| A|-------18-21-------------------------| E|-19-21-------------------------------|
How to play C# Egyptian Pentatonic on guitar
Find the root first: C# is at fret 9 on the low E string and fret 4 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 9–12. 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 | B |
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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#, B.
- 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 9 on the low E string and fret 4 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 9–12, and four more positions connect it up the neck.