Open D left-handed scale chart
A Locrian Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Locrian scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Open D.
A Locrian in Open D tuning gives you the notes A, A#, C, D, D#, F, G across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Open D spreads a big major sonority across the guitar, which makes both scale mapping and chord design feel more spacious. Because Locrian already feels visually awkward, the lefty chart removes one extra layer of mental inversion before you start drilling the shape.
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Charts are mirrored for left-handed players. Standard tablature below stays unchanged because tab does not flip with handedness.
Primary Chart
Scale View
Full neck left-handed mirror view. Use Position 1 first, then move across the smaller windows.
0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view
1-5 frets in mirrored left-handed view
10-14 frets in mirrored left-handed view
13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view
17-21 frets in mirrored left-handed view
Standard Reference
Tab & Shape Readout
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------0--1--3--| A|---------------------------------0-----1--3-----------| F#|---------------------------1--3-----4-----------------| D|------------------0--1--3-----------------------------| A|---------0--1--3--------------------------------------| D|0--1--3-----------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 18 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------0--1--3--| A|---------------------------------0-----1--3-----------| F#|---------------------------1--3-----4-----------------| D|------------------0--1--3-----------------------------| A|---------0--1--3--------------------------------------| D|0--1--3-----------------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 18 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------1--3--5--| A|------------------------------------1--3--5-----------| F#|---------------------------1--3--4--------------------| D|------------------1--3--5-----------------------------| A|---------1--3--5--------------------------------------| D|1--3--5-----------------------------------------------|
1-5 frets • 18 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|------------------------------------------10-12-13-| A|---------------------------------10-12-13----------| F#|---------------------------11-13-------------------| D|------------------10-12-13-------------------------| A|---------10-12-13----------------------------------| D|10-12-13-------------------------------------------|
10-14 frets • 17 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------13-15-17-| A|------------------------------------13-15-17----------| F#|---------------------------13-15-16-------------------| D|------------------13-15-17----------------------------| A|---------13-15-17-------------------------------------| D|13-15-17----------------------------------------------|
13-17 frets • 18 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|---------------------------------------------17-19-20-| A|---------------------------------17----18-20----------| F#|---------------------------18-20----21----------------| D|------------------17-19-20----------------------------| A|---------17-18-20-------------------------------------| D|17-19-20----------------------------------------------|
17-21 frets • 18 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Locrian feels unstable, angular and deliberately tense and is useful for dark soundtrack writing, outside riffs and diminished colour.
The shape is mirrored, but the interval order stays the same, so use the tab and the formula together if you are translating from a right-handed diagram.
Resolve often and hear the b5 clearly or the pattern will feel random
Open D feels wide, resonant and strong for open voicings. It helps left-handed players connect scale notes to ringing chord fragments.
- A
- A#
- C
- D
- D#
- F
- 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.
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