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E♭ egyptian Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: F, Ab, Bb, Db, Eb at frets 1, 4, 6, 9, 11

A string: Bb, Db, Eb, F, Ab at frets 1, 4, 6, 8, 11

D string: Eb, F, Ab, Bb, Db at frets 1, 3, 6, 8, 11

G string: Ab, Bb, Db, Eb, F at frets 1, 3, 6, 8, 10

B string: Db, Eb, F, Ab, Bb at frets 2, 4, 6, 9, 11

High E string: F, Ab, Bb, Db, Eb at frets 1, 4, 6, 9, 11

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Eb egyptian

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:

E♭

I

F

II

A♭

IV

B♭

V

D♭

bVII

Same notes, different mode

Eb 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.

F malkos ragaAb ritusenBb minor pentatonicDb major pentatonic

egyptian in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • A rotation of the minor pentatonic with no 3rd at all: suspended, ancient-sounding, and safe over both major and minor chords on Eb.
  • Build riffs on the 2nd (F) and 4th (Ab) around the root; those two notes are the scale's identity.
  • Over a sus7 vamp, use bVII (Db) to II leaps for the wide-open film-score color.
  • Same notes as the minor pentatonic a 5th above Eb: relearn nothing, just re-center your phrases.

How to play E♭ egyptian on guitar

Not one open string belongs to this key, so every note has to be fretted and open-position tricks are out. Four flats in the signature. Lowest root climbs to fret 11 at the bottom, meaning box one does not close until fret 15. Roots nearer the nut sit at fret 1 on the D string, with another at fret 4 on the B string, and the identical grips read from Bb as Bb minor pentatonic.

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