D# Egyptian Cuatro Venezolano Scale
Cuatro Venezolano scale in Standard tuning — fretboard diagram
D# Egyptian in Standard — Notes and Intervals
The D# Egyptian scale, also known as the Suspended Pentatonic, is widely used in Middle Eastern and African musical traditions. On Cuatro Venezolano, it contains the notes D#, F, G#, A#, C#. It has a stable, folk-like quality and is often used in wind chime tunings because of its inherently calm and balanced sound. Commonly used in Middle Eastern, World, Ambient, Film Scores. Notable players include Oud masters, Peter Gabriel. Use over sus2, sus4, power chords. The absence of 3rd and 7th makes it harmonically ambiguous — works over major or minor contexts.
Notes: D#, F, G#, A#, C#
Intervals: 1P, 2M, 4P, 5P, 7m
Degrees: 1 2 3 4 b5
Formula: W-WH-W-WH-W
Number of notes: 5
Tuning: Standard (B-F#-D-A)