DADGAD left-handed scale chart

A Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Minor Pentatonic scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in DADGAD.

A Minor Pentatonic in DADGAD tuning gives you the notes A, C, D, E, G across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. DADGAD encourages drones and modal movement, which makes mirrored left-handed charts especially useful because familiar standard shapes stop behaving normally. The mirrored chart makes box one feel natural to a left-handed eye, which matters because this is often the first scale lefty players learn.

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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 5 b7
Tuning D A G D A D
Scale Notes 5 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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5-9 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------0--2--|
A|------------------------0--3--------|
G|------------------0--2--------------|
D|------------0--2--------------------|
A|------0--3--------------------------|
D|0--2--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------0--2--|
A|------------------------0--3--------|
G|------------------0--2--------------|
D|------------0--2--------------------|
A|------0--3--------------------------|
D|0--2--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|---------------------------------5--7--|
A|------------------------5-----7--------|
G|------------------5--7-----9-----------|
D|------------5--7-----------------------|
A|------5--7-----------------------------|
D|5--7-----------------------------------|

5-9 frets • 13 note position run

Position 3 Tab

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

10-14 frets • 15 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|------------------------------12-14-|
A|------------------------12-15-------|
G|------------------12-14-------------|
D|------------12-14-------------------|
A|------12-15-------------------------|
D|12-14-------------------------------|

12-16 frets • 12 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|---------------------------------17-19-|
A|------------------------17----19-------|
G|------------------17-19----21----------|
D|------------17-19----------------------|
A|------17-19----------------------------|
D|17-19----------------------------------|

17-21 frets • 13 note position run

Context

How To Use This Page

Overview

Minor Pentatonic feels direct, punchy and riff-friendly and is useful for blues-rock solos, familiar lead guitar and stubborn riff writing.

Lefty Translation

When a right-handed teacher says start on the sixth string, go to the far-right string in this chart and keep the tab as your note-order reference.

Practice Cue

Anchor the root and b7, then bring in bends around the b3 for feel instead of speed alone

Tuning Context

DADGAD feels open, droning and harmonically spacious. It rewards left-handed players who want ringing accompaniment and modal colours.

Scale Notes
  • A
  • C
  • 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 Am7 Minor 7 chord A5 Power chord C5 Power chord D5 Power chord G5 Power chord Asus4 Sus4 chord Dsus4 Sus4 chord

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Library

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.