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 Drop D.

A Minor Pentatonic in Drop D tuning gives you the notes A, C, D, E, G across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Drop D leaves most of the neck familiar but changes the bass side immediately, which is especially relevant for left-handed players who use mirrored rhythm charts. 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 E 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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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

E|------------------------------0--3--|
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

E|------------------------------0--3--|
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

E|---------------------------------5--8--|
B|---------------------------5--8--------|
G|------------------5--7--9--------------|
D|------------5--7-----------------------|
A|------5--7-----------------------------|
D|5--7-----------------------------------|

5-9 frets • 13 note position run

Position 3 Tab

E|------------------------------------10-12-|
B|------------------------------10-13-------|
G|------------------------12-14-------------|
D|---------------10-12-14-------------------|
A|---------10-12----------------------------|
D|10-12-14----------------------------------|

10-14 frets • 14 note position run

Position 4 Tab

E|---------------------------------15-17-|
B|---------------------------15-17-------|
G|---------------------17-19-------------|
D|---------------17-19-------------------|
A|------15-17-19-------------------------|
D|17-19----------------------------------|

15-19 frets • 13 note position run

Position 5 Tab

E|------------------------------20-22-|
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

Drop D feels heavier on the low end while staying familiar on the top five strings. It makes low-string riffs and one-finger power movement faster to understand in left-handed view.

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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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.