Open E left-handed scale chart

A Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Open E.

A Blues in Open E tuning gives you the notes A, C, D, D#, E, G across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open E is big, direct and highly resonant, which suits left-handed players who want open-string power without losing a major tonal centre. 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 E B G# E B E
Scale Notes 6 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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C
A
G
E
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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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Root Note Scale Note

3-7 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

11-15 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

15-19 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Root Note Scale Note

18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------------0--3--|
B|---------------------------1--3--4--------|
G#|---------------------1--4-----------------|
E|---------------0--3-----------------------|
B|------1--3--4-----------------------------|
E|0--3--------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 14 note position run

Position 1 Tab

E|------------------------------------0--3--|
B|---------------------------1--3--4--------|
G#|---------------------1--4-----------------|
E|---------------0--3-----------------------|
B|------1--3--4-----------------------------|
E|0--3--------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 14 note position run

Position 2 Tab

E|---------------------------------------3--5--|
B|---------------------------3-----4--5--------|
G#|---------------------4--6-----7--------------|
E|---------------3--5--------------------------|
B|------3--4--5--------------------------------|
E|3--5-----------------------------------------|

3-7 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|------------------------------------11-12-15-|
B|------------------------------13-15----------|
G#|------------------------11-13----------------|
E|---------------11-12-15----------------------|
B|---------13-15-------------------------------|
E|11-12-15-------------------------------------|

11-15 frets • 15 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|---------------------------------------15-17-|
B|---------------------------15----16-17-------|
G#|---------------------16-18----19-------------|
E|---------------15-17-------------------------|
B|------15-16-17-------------------------------|
E|15-17----------------------------------------|

15-19 frets • 15 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|---------------------------------20-22-|
B|---------------------------20-22-------|
G#|------------------18-19-20-------------|
E|------------20-22----------------------|
B|------20-22----------------------------|
E|20-22----------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 13 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

Open E feels bright, ringing and slide-ready. It makes bright rhythm guitar and open slide vocabulary feel immediate.

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.