Half Step Down left-handed scale chart

A Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Half Step Down.

A Blues in Half Step Down tuning gives you the notes A, C, D, D#, E, G across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Half step down preserves standard geometry while lowering the overall pitch, which makes it a comfortable next step for left-handed players adapting shapes from common lesson material. 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# A# F# C# G# 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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Root Note Scale Note

0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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4-8 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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9-13 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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13-17 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--4--|
A#|------------------------------2--4-----------|
F#|------------------------1--3-----------------|
C#|---------------1--2--3-----------------------|
G#|---------1--4--------------------------------|
D#|0--1--4--------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 15 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D#|------------------------------------0--1--4--|
A#|------------------------------2--4-----------|
F#|------------------------1--3-----------------|
C#|---------------1--2--3-----------------------|
G#|---------1--4--------------------------------|
D#|0--1--4--------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 15 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D#|---------------------------------------4--6--|
A#|------------------------------4--5--6--------|
F#|------------------------6--8-----------------|
C#|------------------6--8-----------------------|
G#|------4--6--7--8-----------------------------|
D#|4--6-----------------------------------------|

4-8 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D#|---------------------------------------9--11-12-13-|
A#|---------------------------------9--11-------------|
F#|------------------------9--10-13-------------------|
C#|------------------11-13----------------------------|
G#|------------11-13----------------------------------|
D#|9--11-12-13----------------------------------------|

9-13 frets • 17 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D#|------------------------------------13-16-|
A#|---------------------------14-16-17-------|
F#|---------------------13-15----------------|
C#|------------13-14-15----------------------|
G#|------13-16-------------------------------|
D#|13-16-------------------------------------|

13-17 frets • 14 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D#|---------------------------------------18-21-|
A#|---------------------------------18-21-------|
F#|---------------------18-20-21-22-------------|
C#|---------------18-20-------------------------|
G#|------18-19-20-------------------------------|
D#|18-21----------------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 15 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

Half Step Down feels familiar but slightly darker and looser. It keeps your lefty chart recognition intact while changing the feel under both hands.

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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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.