C Egyptian (suspended) scale on flute
C Egyptian (suspended) has 5 notes: C D F G B♭. Degrees: 1 2 4 5 ♭7. Formula: W W+H W W+H W.
What notes are in the C Egyptian (suspended) scale?
C, D, F, G and B♭. It has 5 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is W W+H W W+H W.
What does C Egyptian (suspended) sound like, and when do you use it?
No 3rd: neither major nor minor, suspended and open. Use it over 7sus4 and m7.
Chord progressions to improvise with C Egyptian (suspended)
In Jam mode (the Jam button above) a band of grand piano, upright bass and drums (recorded instruments) plays these progressions as swing, bossa, groove or ballad, and the staff lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in C:
- Sus vamp (I7sus4): a C7sus4 vamp. No 3rd: a floating 7sus4, very 60s modal jazz.
C Egyptian (suspended) on flute: written notes and fingerings
The flute doesn't transpose: it sounds as written. Fingering for each note, from low to high (left hand | right hand):
- C: 123 | 123 + thumb + C (foot)
- D: 123 | 123 + thumb
- F: 123 | 1 + thumb + E♭
- G: 123 | – + thumb + E♭
- B♭: 1 | – + B♭ thumb + E♭
- C: 1 | – + E♭
Same notes as
B♭ major pentatonic · G minor pentatonic · F major blues pentatonic · F Yo
Egyptian (suspended) in other keys
On other instruments
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