Left-Handed Guitar Charts, Chords and Scales

The Lefty Guitarist: the left-handed guitar resource built for real chart reading

Dark, readable left-handed charts, unchanged standard tab and a large scale, chord and tuning library built around actual use.

Most guitar resources still make left-handed players do extra translation work before they can even start practicing. This site strips that friction down by keeping the diagrams clear, the tab standard, and the library structure consistent across keys, chords, scales and tunings.

Open a page

Use the visual chart for neck geography and the standard tab below it for note order and picking sequence.

Scale Library

Browse the full left-handed scale library by key, scale family and tuning.

 Chord Library

Open mirrored left-handed chord charts with standard tab references and related scales.

 Tuning Library

Move the same chart system into drop tunings and open tunings without losing the workflow.

 Start With A Core Page

Use a popular left-handed default page first, then branch into other keys and tunings.

 Popular Chord Page

Jump into a familiar chord page and compare the mirrored grip box with the standard tab below it.
Scale Pages 2160
Chord Pages 1728
Tunings 12
Chart Style Mirrored lefty

Primary Chart

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Full neck left-handed mirror view. Use Position 1 first, then move across the smaller windows.

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Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------0--3--|
B|------------------------1--3--------|
G|------------------0--2--------------|
D|------------0--2--------------------|
A|------0--3--------------------------|
E|0--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------0--3--|
B|------------------------1--3--------|
G|------------------0--2--------------|
D|------------0--2--------------------|
A|------0--3--------------------------|
E|0--3--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|---------------------------------5--8--|
B|---------------------------5--8--------|
G|------------------5--7--9--------------|
D|------------5--7-----------------------|
A|------5--7-----------------------------|
E|5--8-----------------------------------|

5-9 frets • 13 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|---------------------------------10-12-|
B|---------------------------10-13-------|
G|---------------------12-14-------------|
D|------------10-12-14-------------------|
A|------10-12----------------------------|
E|10-12----------------------------------|

10-14 frets • 13 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|---------------------------------15-17-|
B|---------------------------15-17-------|
G|---------------------17-19-------------|
D|---------------17-19-------------------|
A|------15-17-19-------------------------|
E|15-17----------------------------------|

15-19 frets • 13 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|------------------------------20-22-|
B|------------------------20-22-------|
G|------------------19-21-------------|
D|------------19-22-------------------|
A|------19-22-------------------------|
E|20-22-------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 12 note position run

Context

How To Use This Page

Overview

Minor Pentatonic feels direct, punchy and riff-friendly and is useful for blues-rock solos, familiar lead guitar and stubborn riff writing.

Lefty Translation

When a right-handed teacher says start on the sixth string, go to the far-right string in this chart and keep the tab as your note-order reference.

Practice Cue

Anchor the root and b7, then bring in bends around the b3 for feel instead of speed alone

Tuning Context

Standard feels balanced, familiar and easy to compare with lesson material. It lets you focus on left-handed visual translation without also learning a new tuning layout.

Scale Notes
  • A
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • G

Next Step

Matching Left-Handed Chords

These chord pages use the same tuning and key centre so you can move straight from a scale chart into left-handed rhythm work.

Am Minor chord Am7 Minor 7 chord A5 Power chord C5 Power chord D5 Power chord G5 Power chord Asus4 Sus4 chord Dsus4 Sus4 chord

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Library

Explore More Left-Handed Resources

Scale Library Browse the full left-handed scale library by key, scale family and tuning. Chord Library Open mirrored left-handed chord charts with standard tab references and related scales. Tuning Library Move the same chart system into drop tunings and open tunings without losing the workflow. Start With A Core Page Use a popular left-handed default page first, then branch into other keys and tunings. Popular Chord Page Jump into a familiar chord page and compare the mirrored grip box with the standard tab below it.