About the C Egyptian scale
C Egyptian is an ancient-sounding five-note scale with no third and a flat seventh. It's used for folk and ancient-flavored melodies.
Learn morePositions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
Pentatonic boxes
The five shapes blues and rock are built on, the first scale most guitarists ever solo with, one box per note up the neck.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | C | Root |
| 2 | D | Major 2nd |
| 3 | F | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | G | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | B flat | Minor 7th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Egyptian in other keys
D flat Egyptian D Egyptian E flat Egyptian E Egyptian F Egyptian G flat Egyptian G Egyptian A flat Egyptian A Egyptian B flat Egyptian B Egyptian
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
