Open 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 Open D.

A Minor Pentatonic in Open D tuning gives you the notes A, C, D, E, 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. 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 F# 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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1-5 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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10-14 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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13-17 frets in mirrored left-handed view

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17-21 frets in mirrored left-handed view

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Position 1 Tab

D|------------------------------0--2--|
A|------------------------0--3--------|
F#|------------------1--3--------------|
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--------|
F#|------------------1--3--------------|
D|------------0--2--------------------|
A|------0--3--------------------------|
D|0--2--------------------------------|

0-4 frets • 12 note position run

Position 2 Tab

D|------------------------------2--5--|
A|------------------------3--5--------|
F#|------------------1--3--------------|
D|------------2--5--------------------|
A|------3--5--------------------------|
D|2--5--------------------------------|

1-5 frets • 12 note position run

Position 3 Tab

D|------------------------------------10-12-14-|
A|------------------------------10-12----------|
F#|------------------------10-13----------------|
D|---------------10-12-14----------------------|
A|---------10-12-------------------------------|
D|10-12-14-------------------------------------|

10-14 frets • 15 note position run

Position 4 Tab

D|------------------------------14-17-|
A|------------------------15-17-------|
F#|------------------13-15-------------|
D|------------14-17-------------------|
A|------15-17-------------------------|
D|14-17-------------------------------|

13-17 frets • 12 note position run

Position 5 Tab

D|------------------------------17-19-|
A|------------------------17-19-------|
F#|------------------18-20-------------|
D|------------17-19-------------------|
A|------17-19-------------------------|
D|17-19-------------------------------|

17-21 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

Open D feels wide, resonant and strong for open voicings. It helps left-handed players connect scale notes to ringing chord fragments.

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.