C Egyptian Guitar Scale — Baritone (B Standard)
Guitar scale in Baritone (B Standard) tuning — fretboard diagram
C Egyptian in Baritone (B Standard) — Notes and Intervals
The C Egyptian scale, also known as the Suspended Pentatonic, is widely used in Middle Eastern and African musical traditions. On Guitar, it contains the notes C, D, F, G, Bb. 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: C, D, F, G, Bb
Intervals: 1P, 2M, 4P, 5P, 7m
Degrees: 1 2 3 4 b5
Formula: W-WH-W-WH-W
Number of notes: 5
Tuning: Baritone (B Standard) (B-E-A-D-F#-B)
About Baritone (B Standard) Tuning
The baritone guitar is tuned a perfect fourth lower than standard guitar (B-E-A-D-F#-B), producing a distinctly beefy tone with serious low-end depth that sits perfectly between guitar and bass. Its rich, dark voice has made it a secret weapon in film scoring, ambient music, and moody songwriting where you need that unmistakable low-end warmth without losing clarity.
Unlike simply tuning a standard guitar down (which causes floppy strings and muddy tone), the baritone guitar uses a longer scale length (typically 27"-30") designed specifically for lower tunings. This gives each note clarity and definition even in the lowest register. Session musicians, film composers, and bedroom producers alike reach for the baritone when they need dark, atmospheric textures, doom-laden riffs, or simply a different sonic palette that standard guitar can't deliver.
Notable artists: Pat Metheny, Nels Cline, Brian Setzer, Baritone session players in Nashville
Best for: Moody songwriting, film scoring, ambient textures, doom metal, and any production that needs low-end depth with clarity
Explore This Scale in Other Tunings
- C Egyptian in Standard Tuning
- C Egyptian in Drop D
- C Egyptian in DADGAD
- C Egyptian in Open G
- C Egyptian in 7-string
- C Egyptian in 8-string
- C Egyptian in Drop C
- C Egyptian in Drop B
- C Egyptian in Open D
- C Egyptian in Half Step Down
- C Egyptian in Open E
- C Egyptian in Open A
- C Egyptian in Double Drop D
- C Egyptian in Open C