Double Drop D left-handed scale chart

A Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Double Drop D.

A Blues in Double Drop D tuning gives you the notes A, C, D, D#, E, G across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Double Drop D creates matching outer-string anchors, which is useful for fingerstyle and droning lines that left-handed players often have to translate from right-handed examples. Because the b5 often gets hit with attitude rather than precision, use the mirrored layout to keep the visual target honest before adding aggressive articulation.

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Charts are mirrored for left-handed players. Standard tablature below stays unchanged because tab does not flip with handedness.

Formula 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Tuning D B G D A D
Scale Notes 6 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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Root Note Scale Note

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

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0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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8-12 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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10-14 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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17-21 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------------0-----1--2--|
B|------------------------------1--3-----4--------|
G|------------------------0--2--------------------|
D|---------------0--1--2--------------------------|
A|---------0--3-----------------------------------|
D|0--1--2-----------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 16 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------------0-----1--2--|
B|------------------------------1--3-----4--------|
G|------------------------0--2--------------------|
D|---------------0--1--2--------------------------|
A|---------0--3-----------------------------------|
D|0--1--2-----------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 16 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|---------------------------------10-12-|
B|---------------------------8--10-------|
G|------------------8--9--12-------------|
D|------------10-12----------------------|
A|------10-12----------------------------|
D|10-12----------------------------------|

8-12 frets • 13 note position run

Position 3 Tab

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

10-14 frets • 18 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|---------------------------------------17-19-|
B|---------------------------------17-20-------|
G|---------------------17-19-20-21-------------|
D|---------------17-19-------------------------|
A|------17-18-19-------------------------------|
D|17-19----------------------------------------|

17-21 frets • 15 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|------------------------------------19-22-|
B|------------------------------20-22-------|
G|---------------------19-20-21-------------|
D|---------------19-22----------------------|
A|------18-19-22----------------------------|
D|19-22-------------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 14 note position run

Context

How To Use This Page

Overview

Blues feels gritty, tense and expressive and is useful for turnarounds, greasy phrasing and blues-rock solo work.

Lefty Translation

The blue note still sits in the same fret relationship shown in standard tab, even though the fretboard chart is mirrored for left-handed reading.

Practice Cue

Treat the b5 as a passing colour and resolve it deliberately

Tuning Context

Double Drop D feels symmetrical on the outside strings and strong for drones. It opens up mirrored shapes at the top and bottom of the fretboard.

Scale Notes
  • A
  • C
  • D
  • 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 Cm Minor chord Am7 Minor 7 chord A5 Power chord C5 Power chord D5 Power chord G5 Power chord Asus4 Sus4 chord

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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.