Whole Step Down left-handed scale chart

A Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

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

A Blues in Whole Step Down tuning gives you the notes A, C, D, D#, E, G across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Whole step down changes the guitar response enough to affect bends, muting and attack, which is useful for heavier left-handed rhythm playing. 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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5-9 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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10-14 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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14-18 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--|
A|---------------------------------0--3-----------|
F|---------------------------2--4-----------------|
C|---------------0--2--3--4-----------------------|
G|---------0--2-----------------------------------|
D|0--1--2-----------------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 16 note position run

Position 1 Tab

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

0-4 frets • 16 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|---------------------------------------5--7--|
A|------------------------------5--6--7--------|
F|------------------------7--9-----------------|
C|------------------7--9-----------------------|
G|------5--7--8--9-----------------------------|
D|5--7-----------------------------------------|

5-9 frets • 15 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|---------------------------------------10-12-13-14-|
A|---------------------------------10-12-------------|
F|------------------------10-11-14-------------------|
C|------------------12-14----------------------------|
G|------------12-14----------------------------------|
D|10-12-13-14----------------------------------------|

10-14 frets • 17 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|------------------------------------14-17-|
A|---------------------------15-17-18-------|
F|---------------------14-16----------------|
C|------------14-15-16----------------------|
G|------14-17-------------------------------|
D|14-17-------------------------------------|

14-18 frets • 14 note position run

Position 5 Tab

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

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

Whole Step Down feels lower, wider and more elastic under the fingers. It gives familiar fingering a deeper voice without changing interval relationships.

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.