Guitar scale · suspended pentatonic
Eb 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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Eb 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|----------------------------11-13-| B|----------------------11-14-------| G|-------------------13-------------| D|-------------11-13----------------| A|-------11-13----------------------| E|-11-13----------------------------|
e|-------------------------------13-16-| B|-------------------------14-16-------| G|-------------------13-15-------------| D|-------------13-15-------------------| A|-------13-16-------------------------| E|-13-16-------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------16-18-| B|-------------------------16-18-------| G|-------------------15-18-------------| D|-------------15-18-------------------| A|-------16-18-------------------------| E|-16-18-------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------18-21-| B|-------------------------18-21-------| G|-------------------18-20-------------| D|-------------18-20-------------------| A|-------18-20-------------------------| E|-18-21-------------------------------|
e|-------------------21-| B|----------------21----| G|----------20-22-------| D|-------20-------------| A|----20----------------| E|-21-------------------|
How to play Eb Egyptian Pentatonic on guitar
Find the root first: Eb is at fret 11 on the low E string and fret 6 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every Eb 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 11–14. 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 | Eb |
| 2 | F |
| 4 | Ab |
| 5 | Bb |
| ♭7 | Db |
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Questions
- What notes are in the Eb Egyptian Pentatonic Scale?
- The Eb Egyptian Pentatonic Scale has 5 notes: Eb, F, Ab, Bb, Db.
- 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 Eb Egyptian Pentatonic on the guitar?
- The root Eb is at fret 11 on the low E string and fret 6 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 11–14, and four more positions connect it up the neck.