Double Drop D left-handed scale chart

A Minor Pentatonic Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart

Minor Pentatonic scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Double Drop D.

A Minor Pentatonic in Double Drop D tuning gives you the notes A, C, D, E, G across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Double Drop D creates matching outer-string anchors, which is useful for fingerstyle and droning lines that left-handed players often have to translate from right-handed examples. 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 B G D A D
Scale Notes 5 notes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Scale View

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Full neck left-handed mirror view. Use Position 1 first, then move across the smaller windows.

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Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------0--2--|
B|------------------------1--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--|
B|------------------------1--3--------|
G|------------------0--2--------------|
D|------------0--2--------------------|
A|------0--3--------------------------|
D|0--2--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|------------------------------10-12-|
B|------------------------8--10-------|
G|------------------9--12-------------|
D|------------10-12-------------------|
A|------10-12-------------------------|
D|10-12-------------------------------|

8-12 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|------------------------------------10-12-14-|
B|------------------------------10-13----------|
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|---------------------------------17-19-|
B|---------------------------17-20-------|
G|------------------17-19-21-------------|
D|------------17-19----------------------|
A|------17-19----------------------------|
D|17-19----------------------------------|

17-21 frets • 13 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|------------------------------19-22-|
B|------------------------20-22-------|
G|------------------19-21-------------|
D|------------19-22-------------------|
A|------19-22-------------------------|
D|19-22-------------------------------|

18-22 frets • 12 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

Double Drop D feels symmetrical on the outside strings and strong for drones. It opens up mirrored shapes at the top and bottom of the fretboard.

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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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.