Low E string: Gb, Ab, Cb, Db, Eb at frets 2, 4, 7, 9, 11
A string: Cb, Db, Eb, Gb, Ab at frets 2, 4, 6, 9, 11
D string: Eb, Gb, Ab, Cb, Db at frets 1, 4, 6, 9, 11
G string: Ab, Cb, Db, Eb, Gb at frets 1, 4, 6, 8, 11
B string: Cb, Db, Eb, Gb, Ab, Cb at frets 0, 2, 4, 7, 9, 12
High E string: Gb, Ab, Cb, Db, Eb at frets 2, 4, 7, 9, 11
The egyptian scale is the suspended pentatonic: root, 2nd, 4th, 5th, flat 7th. It is the minor pentatonic rotated to start on its 4th... with no 3rd anywhere, it commits to neither major nor minor, evoking the open, ancient sound film composers reach for. Over a sus7 chord or a bare fifth drone it sits perfectly.
it consists of these notes and degrees:
I
II
IV
V
bVII
Same notes, different mode
Db egyptian uses the same notes as the scales below. Start from a different note and you get a new mode built on the very same note set.
How to play D♭ egyptian on guitar
Only the open B string lands in this key, a minor seventh from the tonic, so it colours a line without holding it down. Capo at fret 1 and you are fingering C. Five flats make the notation heavy, and the same collection read from G# is G# minor pentatonic. Lowest root sits at fret 9, with box one giving out at fret 13.
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